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THE FIRST BOOKE
of Franc Bacon; of the

Pioficien ce and addict of
Learning devine, and humane.

'T o the King.

Here were vnderthe. Lawe
excellentKing) bothdayl;
Sacrifices, and free will Of
>j ferings ; The'one procee-
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oy ds Theoothervppon a
—_— like manner there bloc
ethto Kings Som their Seruants, both Tributeof
utie, and preſents of :affeQion : In o_—_
theſe,] ae drove
tomy rw humble dutie, andthe NY of
our M iex emplbymentitorthe later lthoughe
hens fue to make choyce of ſome oblari-
on, whiely might rather referre to the prop _
and excellencie of your indiuiduall perſon:
the bulineſſe of your Crowne andState,
Wherefore repreſenting your Maicſtic: man
timesvnto my inigd; APY you-norwi

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une, ha COT GIS < andpoſleſſed with
ar! exireamewoonder: at thoſe your vertues and fa-

culties, which the Philoſophers call intelle&uall:
The largeneffe oF your capacitie, the*faithfulneſſe

of your memorie, theſwitneſleof your apprehen-

_ * fon, the penerration'of your Ipdg-ment, and the
© ' Bs faciliic and avon} O it of tae docurion ; and I have

to make 'a-man-of- Platoes opinion, thar all know-

mi hy ag and that the minde of

Ted: hicha light of Nature nan: nee in your
Maicſtie, and:ſuch ace 19; take; flames and
blizefrom thelcaſtoeraGonprefented, or thie-leafſt
rs knowledge deliucred.: And as
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wheras it ſhould (eemean impolſsibility in Nature;
for the ſame Inſtrument 'to:maken (elle fir for great
and {mall workes. And for. your: gift-of ſpeech, I
call ro minde what Cornelius Tacirus (ayth of, _4u-
guſtus Ceſar : Auguſto profinens &: que principem de-
cefet; eloquenria futt : For if wenote it well, ſpeech
that is vttered with labour anddifticultie, or (peech
that{auoreth of the affeQationot art and! precepts;
or ſpeech that is framed after-the imitation of ſome
patterne of cloquence, thoughneuer lo excellent:

All this hath ſomewhat ſeruue, and holding of the

ſabief.. Bur your Maieſties manner of {pecch is

indeed Prince-like, towing as froma tountaine;and
yerſtreaming& branching u ſeife into Natures ,or-

der. full of faciliue, &feliczuie, imitating none &in-
ipimicrableby.any. Andas.in your ciuile Eftatethere
appearcthto bean emulation -& contentigot your
Maieftics vertue with. your-forrune,avermous dd:
polition witha fortunate regiment; a vertitous ex-
peRQazion(when time was)okt your greater fortune;
wich a proſperous; poſlelsjon thereot.in; the {due
time; a vertuous obſexuation ofthe lawes of mar.

age; averiuous and moſt chriſttandelire'of peace;
with a-torrunate.: inclination- in, your, neighbour
Princes therernrozSo-likewile intheſe.intelleRuall |
marters', there ſcemeth to. be'no leſſe/contention =
berweenethe:cxcellencie: of your Maiefſties gifts

of: Nature, andrhe-nivecfaliticand profeGion of
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Tthallſaz pplification ar all,but ks Itiue and
zeaſut ant whickvis,tharthere hathnotbeene
6 - fince Chriſts time -any:Kingor temporall Monarch
_- Which] hath ben ſo-learned inalllicerature & erui-
"= tion, divine & humane. Forler a man ſeriouſly & di-
ligently reuolue and' perule the ocoatiion: of the
1:2 Emperours of Rome, of which C/z-the DiQator,
—— who lined ſome yeeres before Chriſt, and Marcus
rH - Avutoninus werethe beſtlearned: and fo deſcend to
theEmperoursof Grecia, or.of the Weſt, and then
tothe lines of Fravnce, Spaine, Enrland, Scotland and
thereſt, and he ſhall finde this indgement is truly
made.For i ic ſcemeth muchina King,itby thecom-
ious extraQtions of other mens wits and la-
ours, he can take hold of any fuperticiall Orna-
mens-and ſhewes of learning, or if he counte-
nanceand preferrelearning and lezrned men: But
trodrinke indeed oftherrue Founcaines of learnin
nayztohaveſuch afountaincoflearning in himſelle
inaKing, and ina borne, is amo a Miracle,
Andthemore, b thereiis mer inyour Maieſty
arare ConiunQion, aſwell of dinine and facred lite-
rature , as. of prophane and humane; So as your
Maieftie ftandeth inueſted ofthar-rriplicitie, which
ingreatveneration,wasaſcribedto theancient Hey-
mes; the power and fortuneof a King ;the knoyy-
nd illamination of a Prieft;andthelearning
uerfalitieof a Philoſopher, This propriety
iherencand nfalige arribure in your Maieftic
notonely.inthe fameand
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or traditionofthe ages ſucceeding; bur alſo inſome
folide worke, fixed niemoriall; and immotrall mo-

nument, bearing; a CharaQteror ſignature, both of
the power of a king, andthe difference and perfe-

Qiionot fucha king.

Therefore | did conclude with my ſelfe, rhat 1
could not make vnto your Maieſty a better oblation,
thenof ſome treatiſe rending rorhat end, whereof
the ſumme willconſiſt of theletwo partes: The for-
mer concerning, the excellencie of learning and
knowledge, and the excellencie of the 'metit and
true glory, inthe Augmentation and/Propagation
thereof: Ehelatrer,whatthe particuler attes and
workes are, which haue been 1mbraced and vnder-
taken for the aduancement of learning - And againe
what defteQss and vndervalewes | finde in ſuchpar-
ticuler ates: tothe end;that thoughT cannorpoli-
tively or aftirmatiuclieadniſeyour Maieſtie,or pro-
pound'vnto:you framed particulers; yet I may ex-
cite your princely Cogitarions to vilitthe excellent
trealureof your ownemind,and thence-to; extract
particulers for this purpoſe, agrecableto your mag-
nanimitie and wiſedome. | |

N the entranceto theformer of theſe;:10 cleerc
the way, & as it were tormakeſilence; rohancthe

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THE TCEITINTIONY

concerning the dignitie'of Lear-
ning to be berter heard, withourthe interruprion of

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me d diſgraccs which ir COW
ued;all Som, ignorance; bur ignorance ſcuerally
diſguiſed, appearing ſometimes inthe zealcand ica-
louticof Diuines ;:ſometimes.in the ſeucritie-and
arrogancie of Politiques, and ſomerinesin the er-
rorsand imperteQtions of learned menthemſelues.
i:Theare the former fort fay,thatknawledge is of
thoſethings which areto be acocprod of with great
limitation and: caution, ithat thraſpiring to.oucr-
muchknowledge,was ircſyinal ting ptationand
{inne, whereupon cnſuedthe fal of Manithat know-
ledge hath init fomembis of theSerpent,and there-
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farion,and char bethas

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clined:to Athcifme, and how:the-contemplationof
ſecond Cauſes doth derogate ft6 our dependance
vponiGod, whois the firſtcaule,

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whereof man did giuenames vnto other creature
in Paradiſe, as they were trought'before him, ac-:
cording vnto their proprieties, which gaue the 0c-
calionto the fall; but it was theproude knowledge
of good and euill, withanintent inthantogiue lavy
vnto himſelfe, andto depend no more vponiGods
cormaundements, which was the fourme-of the
temprarion; neither isit any quantitice of knowledge
how great (oener that canmake the minde of man
to ſwell; for nothing can fill, much lefſe-extend the
ſoule of man, but God, and rhe contemplation;of
God;and therfore Salomon ſpeaking of therwoprin-
cipall ſences of Inquiſition, the Eye,andrhe Eare,af+
firmeththat the Eye is 'neuer ſansfied with ſeeir
nor the Eare with hearing ;” and if there beno- ful
neſſe, then isthe Continent greater; thanthe Con-
tent 3 ſoof knowledge it ſcife, and themindeof
man, whereto' the ſences are bur Reporters, he
definerh likewiſe in theſe wordes, placed: after
that Kalender or Ephemerides, which he maketh
of rhe dinerſiries of times and ſeaſons for all aQti-
ons and purpoſes ;' and 'conchudethy thus :* God
hath mae all thinves beautifull or decent in"the'rrue
rerurne of their ſeaſons .* Alſo bee hath placedrhe
world in Mans heart, yer cannot Man finle out the
worke which God worketh from the beginning 10 the
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med the minde of naan'aFa mirrour, orglafle;-ca-
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Foyeth 10';receine-light, and not onely de-
ligmced in: beholding _ of ns and
vicilsirude of. times, but rayled alſo to finde out
and diſcerne the ordinances and decrees which
throughout alFrhoſe. Changes, are: infallibly. ob-
ſerued.. And- although hee doth inſinuate that
the ſupreame-or ſummaric lavy of Nature, wh ch
he calleth, The worke which God workerh from the

beginning 10 the end, is nos poſuuble x0 be found our

by Man 5 yet that doth not derogate from the
eapaciric of the minde;; but may- bee referred
tothe impediments as of ſhortneſle- of: lite ,, ill
coniuncion of labours , ill tradition of know-
ledge oner-from hand- to. hand, and many orher.
Inconucniences, whereunto the condition of
Man is ſubieQ.- For that nothing parcell- of the
world, is denied to Mans enquire and inuenti-
on - hee doth in another place rule ouer; when
hee ſayth, The —_— af 44an is as the Lampe of
God', "wherewith hee ſearcherh the. inwardneſſe. of.
all fecrers. If then fuch be the-capacitic and: re-
ceit of the+mind of Man, it is manifeſt, that there
is no daunger ar all in. the:proportion or.quan.
titie. of knowledge howe large ſocuer 5 leaft it
ſhould /make-it (well. or ourcompaſle. it ſelfe; no,
bur it is meerely the qualitic of. knowledge,
which be'ir-in..quantitie more: or leſſe, if it bee
raken without the rrue'correciine thereof, hath
Init ſome Nature of venome or. malignitic, and

or

ITS er a6,
' er ſwelling, This correQiue ſpice, the mixture
whereof maketh knowledge ſoloueraigne, is Cha«
ritie, which the Apoſtle imediatcly addeth to the
former: clauſe, for ſo'he ſayth, Knowled:e blowerh
vp, but Charine builderh wp ; nor valike vato that
which hee deliuereth in-another place : if 7 pake
(/ayth hee) with the rontnes of men and Angels,
and had not Charitie,-is were but as a tinckling Cym-
6a4; not but that it is an excellent thinge to
ſpeake with the tongues of Men and Angels, but
becauſe if it bee (cuered from Charitie, and
-Nnot referred to the good of Men and; Mankind,
it” hath racher 'a ſounding and vnworthie glo-
zie, than a meriting and {ubſtantiall-vertue, And
as for that Cenſure of Salomon concerning the
:exceſſe -of writing and reading Bookes, and the
-anxictic of ſpirit which redoundethfrom- knoyy- Fs
de, and 'that admonition- of - Saint- Pawle, /
Thar wee bee nor ſeduced by vayne Philoſophie; let
thoſe places bee rightly vnderſtoode, 'and they
doe indeede excellently fſette foorth- 'the true
bounds and limitations, whereby humane knovy-
ledee is confined and circumſcribed ': and' yer
ho any ſuch contraQting or-coarQation, bur
that it maycomprehendall the vniuerfall nature of
thinges : for theſe-limitations are three + The 4
firſt; Thar wee doe not ſo place onr felicitic in know- '- 2 _
dedge, as wee forger our morralivie. The ſecond, - =
that we make application of our knowledge to tine our
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_ Thewhird* rh doe not preſume by the con-
"remplarion of Naturc, to attaine tothe miſterics of
God; oy the firſt of theſe, Sa/omor doth
excellently expound: himfſelfe. in another place of
the fame Booke, where hee (ayyh ; 7 /awe well
that knowledse recedeth 'as farre from t2norance, as
light doth from darkeneſſe, and rhat the wiſe mans
eyes keepe warch in: his head whereas the foole roun-
derh about in darkeneſſe : - But withall 1 learned thas
the ſame 'mortalitie inuolueth them bath. And for

_ , theſecond;certaineit is,there is novexation or anx-

Jetie of minde,whichcefuleeth from knowledge 0-
therwiſe than meerelyby accident ;-for all'knbw-
ledge and wonder (which is the [eede of know-
ledge)is'an' impreſsion of pleaſure in it ſelfe; bur
when menfallto framing concluſions out of their
knowledge ,- applying/-t to. their! particuler, and
miniſtring/ to themſelues thereby -weake feares,
or vaſt deſires, there;groweth that carcfulneſle
and troubleof minde, which is ſpoken of:-for then
knowledge is no more_Zuymen: ficcum, whereof
Heraclirys the profound ſayd,' L»men /iccum opti-
ma anima, but itbecorameth Zumen madidum,or ma
cerarum, being ſteepedandinfuſed in the humors of
the affeRions. And as'forthethird: point, it deſer-
ueth robealinlefood vpon, and nor to be lighily
paſſedouer: for ifany manſhallthinke by-view ard
enquiry intorheſe ſenſible and materialthingy ro at-
rainethatlight, wherebyhe may reveale-vnto him-
ſe the nature or will of: God:: then: indeed is'he

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e: for the contempla-

tion of Gods Creatures and works produceth (ha-

uirg regard to the works and creatures themſclues)
knowledge, buthauing regard to God,-no perfe
knowledg,but wonder, which/is broke knowledge:
And theretore it was moſt aptly fayd by one of Pla-
zoes Schoole, That the fence of man caryerh a reſem-
blance with the Sunne, which (as we ſee) openerh and re-

wealeth all rhererreftriallGlobesbus then againe ir obſcus |

rerh and concealeth the flars & teleftiallGlobe : So doth

the Sence diſcouer naturall thinges, but it darkenethand

ſhutreth up Dinine, | And hence it is true that it
hath proceeded that: diners great learned / men
have beene heretical, whileſt they haue {ought
to flye- vp to the ſecrets of the Deitie by the
waxen' winges of the 'Serices: :* And- as for the
conceite' that'roo much: knowledge: ſhould en:
cline a man'to Arheiſrhe, and'that the-ipgnotance
of ſecond cauſes ſhould make'a more: deuoute
dependance vppon.God, which is the firſt cauſe;
Firſt, it 'is good r0- al ke the: queſtion which 7b
asked-: of his friends '3 Wall you the for:God,'as one

114n-will doe for anorker, to Zratifie him ? tor certaine

it is, tharGod workethnothing in Nature, but-by

ſecond cauſes, and if they would haue it otherwiſe

belecued, it ismeereimpoſture,as it were infauour

towardes God 3: andnothing elſe;,butto offer to the

Author of'trmh,; theruncleane» ſacrifice of alye,
Barcfurther,,'it is'afaffured- truth," _ a:c0n-
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ligion? for-in the enrance-of Philoſophic, when
the ſecond Cauſes, which are-nexr vnto the (en-
ces, do offer them(eluesto the minde of Man, if it
dwell and ftay there, it may induce ſome obli-
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fetch on further , 'and-ſeerh the dependance of
cauſes, -and the workes'of prouidence; then ac-
cording to the alſegorie of the Poers, he will ca-
fily belecue that *rhe* higheſt Linke- of Natures
chaine muſt'needes be: ryedrothe foote of 1»p;-
zers chaire. To 'coriclade therefore, let no man
7ppon'a weake conceiteof ſobrictie, -or:an ill ap-
ohyed moderation thinke'or maintaine; that.aman

' can ſearch too farre; or bee:toowell ftudicd in

the Booke-of Gods 'word; ot in the-Booke of
Gods workes'; Dininitici'or Philoſophic 5 bur ra-
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proficience m both? only let men-beware that they
apply bothtoC haritie, and not ro (welling;to vſc,
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matter of gonernement and policie 3 in maki
them roo curious and irreſolute by varietic ofrea-
ding; or too peremptorie or poſitiue by ſtricktnelſe
of rules and axiomes 3-or too immoderate and 0-
uefweening by reaſon of the greatneſle'of exam-
ples; or- too incompatible and differing from the
times, by reaſon of the diſsimilitude of examples;
or at leaſt, that it doth diuertmens trauailes from ac-
tion and bulineſle, and bringethithem roa loue of
leaſure and privateneſſe; and that it doth bring in-
tro States a relaxation of diſcipline, whilſt euerie
man is more readie to argue, than to obey
and execute. Our of this conceit, Caro ſurnamed
the Cenlor,one ofthe wiſeſtmen-indeed that ever
lived; when Carzeades the: Philoſopher came in
Embaſſage ro Rome, and that the young men of
Rome. bepan to flocke about him, -being allured
with the (weernefſeand Maieſtie of his eloquence
and learning, gaue counſell in open Senate, that
they ſhould piue him his diſpatch with all (peede,
leaſt hee ſFould infect and inchaunt'the mindes
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in an akeration of the taanners and Cuſtomes
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profeſsion, make a kind of eparazion berweene' po-
licieand gouernement; and betweene Arts and Sci-
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Teauing & yeelding the other tothe Grecians,7 »re-
gere imperio populos Romane memito,He tibi erat artes,
&©«,lohkewile we ſcethat Anyrns the acculer of So-
crateslayditasan Article of charge & accuſation a-
gainſt him, that he did with the varietie and power
_ of his diſcourſes and diſpurations withdraw young
men from due reuerence to'the Lawes and Cu-
ſtomes of rcheir Countrey: and' that he did profeſſe
a dangerous aud pernitious Science, which was to
make the worſe matter ſceme the. berrer, and to
ſuppreſſe rruth by force of eloquence and ſpeech.

;Bur theſe and thelike impurations haue rather a
countenance of grauitie, than any -ground of Iu:
ſtice: for experience dothyarrant,thar both in per-
ſons and intimes, there hath beenca meeting; and
concurrence in learning and Armes, flouriſhingand
excelling inthe ſame men, and the ſame ages, For
'as for men, there cannot bea better nor the like in-
ftance,as of that payre Alexander the Great, and

Inlias Ceſar the DiQator,whereof the one was Ari-
fotlesScholler in Philoſophie, and the other was ci:
ceroes Rivall in eloquence; or if any man had rather
call for Schollers ,thatwere great Generals,thenGe-
nerals that were great Schollers ; let him take Fpami-
nondas the Thebane, or + | ta the Athenian,
whereof the one was: the firſt that abated the pow-
er of Sparraz andthe orher yas the firſt that made
waytotheoverthrow of the;Monarchie of Perjza:
And this concurrenet. is yet more vilible intimes
than inperſans, by bow myuthaniage is greater ob-
Brat (7? N Ul

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teQ than . Forbothin«£2ype
ſtay Grecia, and Kometheſametumesthatare moſtte.
nowned for Armes; are/ likewile-moſt-admired tor
learning 5 fo that the greazgeſt Authors and Philolo-

hers, and the greateſt Capraines and Gouernours
Pate lived in the (ame ages: neither-can it other-
wiſebe; foras in Man, the ripeneſle of ſtrength of
the bodice and: minde commeth much- about an
age, ſaue that the ſtrengthof the bodice commerh
ſomewhatrhe more early 3 $01n States, Armes.and
Learning, whereot the. one corceſpondethto the
bodie, the other rotheſ{oule of Man, hauca.concur-
renceornere(equenceintymes. -,

And for matter of policieandigouernement, that
Learning ſhouldrather huce,thaninable thereunto,
Kathing veric improbable ;' we ſeeir is acconneed
an crrour, to commit e naturall bodie to Empe-
rique Phiſitions, which commonly haue a fewe

| receits, whereuponthey are confident and
advemurous, but know neither the cauſes of diC-
eaſes, nor the complexions of Parients, nor perill
of accidents, nor the true methode of Cures; We
ſceitisa like errortorely vpon Aduocates or Law-
' yers,, which are; onely. men of. praQiſc, and nor

punded intheir Bookes, who are manytimes ca-
rpriſedfwhen matter falleth our beſides their
dies ſo 'by like reaſon it cannot be but a_ matter of
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the minoritie of nola=oaireah younger, . with Pars
x rpm ate eoadarkry hands of :MiGrhras

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principles of Eftare, than thoſe whigh have aſcen-
ded 10. the Papaciefrom an education & breeding
in-affaircs, of Eflate, and Courts of Princes.; for
although men bredin Lear IOSArE perhapsroſecke
in poincs of,conuenience,And accommodating for
the preſent which the Italians call Ragions di /taro, :
whereof the ſame: Pius 2rintus could not heare xy
ſpoken with patience, tcarming them Inventions a- |
eainſt Religion and the, morall yertnes; yer, on-the
other. {ide to recompence that,they are perfite in
thoſe ſame plaine grounds of ;Religion, Juſtice, Ho-
nour,and Morfll vertue ; which if they be well and
watchfully purſued, there will. bee {eldome; vie of
thoſe other, no more thanof Philicke in a ſqund or
well dicted bodie ;.; neither can.the experience of
onemanslife, turniſh gs and. preſidents. for

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the. cuents. of one. mans lite. For as it bappenath
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dent,reſemblerhthe Anceſtor morethantheSonne;
ſo. many a1mes occurrences of preſent times may
ſort better wicthancient.examples, than with thoſe
of the later or immediatetimes;and, laſily,the wit of
one.man, can no more counteruaile Jearning,..than
Yo8s mans ineanes. can hold way. with.a common
p Andasfor thoſe particular ſeducementsor indil-

olitions of the ,minde ſor, policic and goucrne-
ment, which learning is pretended to. in{inuare; if, ir
be graunted. thar any ſuchthing be,.it muſibere-
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"Of the aduancement of learning,
of them preittt ſtrength of medicine orremedie,
than it oferehtauſe of indilpotition or infirmitie
For if by afecrer operation, n make men perplexed
and irrclolute, onthe other {ideby plaine precepr, ic
reacheth them when, and vpon whar ground to re-
ſole: yea, and how to carrie rhinges in ſuſpence
withour preindice, rill they reſolue: If it make men
politiue and reguler, itteacherhthem what thinges
arc intheirnarure demonſtrattue, & what are-con-
xccturall ; and afwell rhe vſe of diftinftions, and ex-
ceprions, as the latiryde of principles and rules, If ir
miſlead by diſproportion, ordiſfsimilitude of Exam-
ples, it reacheth men the force of Circumſtances,
thecrroursof compariſons, andallthe cautions of

> 5m : ſothat tnall theſe it doth reQifie mote
Qtually,rhan it can pernert. And theſemedicines
tconneyeth into mens minds much more forcibly
by the quickneſſe and penetrationcf Examples : for
jet amanlooke into the errours of C':mmzm: the (e-
uenth, ſo linely deſcribed by Grurretardine, who ſer.
ned vnder him, or intorhe errours of Cic-ro pain-
cd ont by his ownepenlill m his Epiftlesto Azr:-1e,
andhewill flye apacefrom being trreſolrre. L erhim
tooke.into theerrors'of Phorion.andhe will b-ware
how he beobflinate or inflexible Let himbut read
the Fable of 7x02, and it _ hold him from being
ey ra or imaginanuejterhim look intothe errory
of Cato the feond: and he willneuer beone of the
Cn1ioJes, to tread oppoſite ro the preſent world.
” _ And for the concen that Learning ſhould di(-

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poſe men to leaſure and priuateneſle, and make
menſlouthtull: it were a ſtrange thing if that which
accuſtomerh the minde to. perperuall motion and
agitation, (ſhould induce flouthfulneſle, whereas
contrariwiſe it may bee truely affirmed, that no
kinde of men loue buſineſle for it (clfe, but thoſe
that are learned; for other perſons loue it for pro-
fite; asan hircling that loues theworke for the wa-
ges or for honour ; as becaule it bearethrhem: vp
12 the eyes of men, and refreſheththeir reputation,
which otherwiſe would weare ; or becauſe it put-
tcththem in-mind of their fortune, andgiuerh them
occaſion to pleaſure and diſpleaſure; or becaule ir
exerciſeth (ome faculty, wherein they g's 1g
and {oentertaineth them in good humor, and plea»
fing conceis toward themſelues; or becaule it ad-
uanceth any other their ends, Sothatas it is ſayd of
vntrue valors,that (ome mens valors are inthe eyes
of them that look on; So ſuch mens induſtries are in
the eyes of others,or at leaſt in regard of their owne
delignements3 onely learned men lone bufineſle,as
an aQtion according to nature, as agreableto health;
of minde, as exerciſe is to health of bodie, takin

pleaſureinthe action it (elfe;.& not inthe purchaſes.
Sothat of all men, they are the moſt indefatigable; |

x it betowardsany bulineſſe, which can hold or de-
taine theirminde. | 5 | |
- Andif any man belaborious inreading and ſtudy,
and yet idle in bulines & aftion,it groweth frs ſome
weakenes of body,or ſoftnes of ſpirit; ſuchasSenera
aa C,; , fpaaketh

ſpeaketh of: Zuidem ram ſunt umbraniles,ut purent in
twrbido eſſe, quicquidin luce oft ; and not of learning ;
wel mayit be thatſucha point ofamans nature may
make him luc himlelfe tO learning;but It isnot lear-
ning that breedeth any fuch point in his Nature,
And that learning [ſhould rake vp too muchtime
or leaſure, Ianſwere, the moſt aQtiue or bulic man
that hath becnor can bee, hath (no queſtion) many
vacanttimes of leafure,while he.expeCteth the tides
ahd returnes of bulinefle(exceprthe be cither tedi-
ous, and of no diſpatch,.or lightly and vnworthily
ambitious, to meddle inthinges that may be better
_ donebyothers) and. thenthequeſtion is, but how
thoſe {paces and times of leaſure ſhall be filled and
ſpent: whether in pleaſures, or in ſtudies; as was
wel anſwered by Demeſthenzs to his aduerlaric £/-
chynes, that was a man giuen-to pleaſure, and told
him, Thas his Orazions &d [ell of rhe Lampe: Indeede

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(fayd. Demetthenes). there ts agreat difference berweens
the thinzes thas you and 1 doe e/ y Lampe-light; loas no
manneede doubt, that learning will expulſe bu{i-
nelle, but cather it willkeepeand defend the polcel-
fionofthe mind againſtidleneſſeand pleafure which
otherwiſe, ar vaawarcs, may enterto the preiudice
of-both. |
_ Againe,(ortharother conceitgthatlearning ſhould
vndermine the reverence of Lawes and-gouerne-
ment; it. is alluredly, a mecre deprauation and ca-
tumny without all thadoweof truth: for to ſay thar
a blind. cuſtome ofobgdicnce ſhould beaſurcr cb-
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ligation, than dutie taught and vnderflobd, it is to
attirme thar a blind man may tread (urer by aguide,
than 2 (ecing man canby a light: and 1t is without
all controuerlic, that learning doth make the minds
of men gentle, generous, maniable, and plant to
gouernment;whereas Ignorance makes them chur-
bſh,thwart,and mutinous ; and the evidence oftime
doth clearethis aſfertion, conſidering that the moſt
barbarous, rude, and vnlearned times haue beene
moſt ſubic& ro tumults, ſeditions,and changes.
Andasto the indgement of Caro the Cenfor, he
was well puniſhed tor his blaſphemie againſt lears
ning in the ſame kinde wherein hee offended; for
when he was paſt threeſcore yeeres old, he was ta»
ken withan extreame delire to goe to Schoole a+
eaine, and tolearne the Greeke tongue, totheiend
ro peruſethe Greeke Authors; which:-dothwellide+
monftrate; thar his former cenſtire of the Grecian:
Learning, wasrather'an affeQted gravitie,tham ac+
cording totheinyard, ſence of his'owne opinion,
Andas tor Yes verics;rtiongh-ir pleaſed hint-to
brauethe world m'taking totheRomanes; thes At
of Empire.acd teauingto others the artsof ſubies?
yerſo mackvis manifeſt;thatthe Romanes'nener aſs:
cendedtorhatheighrob6 Empire, till thertime they
had aſcended rotheheighrot other Arts; Forinzhe
time of che rwo firſt Qxfars, which had:the art of
13" rpms im greateſtpertedtion;therelinedrhe-
eſt 'Poct: /37:1/1v5 Afaro, the beſt Hiftoriographer-_
Tirus Lixiucrhe beſt Antiquarie Marcus: Y arro, and
C&- « the:

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+> Of the aduancement of learning,

the beſt or ſecond Orator A arces Cicero, that to the
memorieof manare knowne. Asfor the acculſati-
on of Socrates, the ttme muſt beremembred, when
itwasproſecuted ; which was vnder thethirtic Ty=
rants, the moſt baſe, bloudy, and enuions perſons
thathauc gouerned ; which reuolutton of Statewas
no ſooner ouer, but S2r7.2re5, whomrhey had made
aperſoncriminall, was madea perſon heroycall,and
his memorie accumulate with honors diuine and
humane; and thoſe diſcourtes of his which were
chen tearmed corrupting of manners, were after
acknowledged for ſoucraigne Medicines of the
minde-and manners, and fo haue beene recciued
ener {incetill this day. ' Let this therefore feruc tor
anſweretoPolitiques, whichintheir humorous ſe-
neritie, or intheir fayned grauitie haue preſumed
tothrowe impurations vponlearning, whichredar-
| Gs 7 nw (fauc that wiee know not whe-

our labours may extend to other ages) were
notneedefull for the preſent, in regard of the lone
andreucrence towards Learning, which the exam-
lc and countenance of twoo'ſo learned Princes
ueeneElizaberh, and your Maieſtie ; being as C:-
lh, Pollux, Lucida Sydera, Starres of excellent

ighr, and moſt benigne influence, hath wrought in
menof place and authoritie inour Nation.
| Nowtherefore, we cometo thatthird fort of diſ-
credire, or diminution of credite, that groweth vn-
eo learning from learned men them(clues, which
commonly cleauecth faſteſt; It is cithee from their

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- The firſt booke, 12
Fortune,or fro their Manners,or from thenatureof
their Studies:for the firſt, itis not in their power;and
the ſecondisaccidentall; thethirdonly is proper to
behidled:but becauſe weare not in hand ml true
meaſure,but with popular eſtimation & conceit,it is
not amille to ſpeak ſomwhart ofthetwo former. The
derogationstherfore, which gtow to learning from
the fortuneor condition of learned men, are cither
in reſpeCtof ſcarſity of meanes; or inreſpeCt of pri-
uatcneſſe of life, and meaneſle of employments.

Concerning want, andthar it is thecaſc of lear-
ned men, vſuallyto beginne with little,” and not to
growerich fo faltasothermen, b reatonthey con-
uert notrheir labors chicfely to luker, and encreaſle;
It were good to leauc the common, place in com-
mendation of pouertic to ſome Frier to handle, to
whom much was attributed by Macciavell in this
point, when he layd, Thar rhe Kinzdome of the Clears
Lie had beene long before at an end, if the reputation and
reverence towards the pouerrie of Friers had not borne
out rhe ſcandall of the ſuperfluities and exceſscs of Bi=
ſhops and Prelates. So a man might fay, that the felis
citicand delicacicot Princes and great Perſons, had
long ſinceturned ro Rudenes and Barbariſme,ifthe
pouerticof Learning had nor kept vp Cinllitie and
Honor of life ; But without anyſuch aduantages, ir
is worthy the obſcruiation, what a reuerentandho-
noured thing pouertic of fortune was,for ſome ages
in the Romane State, which neuerthEleſſe'was a
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$1O/the Aduancementof Learning,
#izs ſayth in hisiarroducuion; ' Gererin aut me amor
wmegoryſt [i veprrfalitr, nut nul vnynans ron bl:ca,| nec
muer, nes jangtiorynetchomts exemplis citier twis znechn
quam tam ſers Ana/vcis Wxurttyur vir eucrint; nee
wbitantw ac tam am paiipertiti ac patſmonid honos fu-
erit, Wele: likewileafter that the State of Rome
wasnot it iclfe, but did degenerate 3 how that per-
forthattooke vpambnm to;be:(ountcilor to. 1nhrts
Ce/a/,after his vicons; whererig: begins reflan;
rationof the State, makcrhin.of all points t'1e moſ?
(ummarie-to-rtake ayvay the:eſtimation of wealtl,
Ferwn h& Cr omnia.mnla parner £9: honore: priun
deſinent , Si n2que Magiſtrar, neque. alid witlen ous
prenaa venalia crnnn, To conciude this-point, as 1t
was truely ſayd, that Ruboreſtwirtaris color, though
ſometime ir come from vice; So itrmay betit!y layd,
_ that Ponpertas off wires: turtunac T hough tome?
times ir. may-proceede trommilgouernemert and
accident, Surely Sulomez hath pronounced it both
in cenſure, 2 feſtiniradainitias non erit inſons; and
in.precept :Buy te 1rurh, and fell it:nov; and fa of
wiſedome aniknow'd2e3:1mdging that mearics were
to be ſpent'vponlearning,and norlearning to beap-
plyedro meanes: Andasforthepriuateneſle or ob<
{cureneſle (as it-may be in valzar eſtimation accoun-.
ted) of life 6f.contemplatiuemen ;/'it is a/Thrame
ſocommon; ro-extoll a priuatelife; hor taxed with
ſenſualitie and flothin compariſon, and'to the diſ-
aduantage of a ciuile life for ſafety, libertie, plea-
ſure anddignitic, or lee npdome from:indigni-
[ ne,

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tie,as no man handlerthirburhandlethit well:' {ach
a conſonancie it hath ro mens conceits in the ex-
preſsing,and to mens conſents in theallowing : this
onely I will adde ;:that learned men torgorten in
States, andnorliuing inthe eyes of menzare like the
Images of Caſsius and Brutris inthe tunerall of una; 6
of which not being repreſented, as many others
wereT anus (ayth, Eoipſo prefulzebant, quad non vijc- :
bantar. "-W1'Y

And for meaneſle of employment; that which 15
moſt traduced to contempr, is that the gonernment
of youth is commonly allotted tothem,which age,
becauſe it is theage of leaſtauthorine, it 1s transfer-
red ro'the difetteeming/'of thoſe employments
wherin youth is conuerſant,and whichare conuer-
ſam about youth, But how vniuſtthistraducement
Is, (if you willreduce thinges from popularie of
opinionto meaſure.of reaſon): may appeare in that .
weſee menare more curious. what they put into a
new Vellell, than intoa Veſlell ſeaſoned ; and what
mouldthey lay aboura young plant, than about a
Plant corroborate; ſo as the:weakeſt Termes and
Times of all chingsv(e ro hane rhe heſtappiications
and helpes, And willyou hearken to: the Hebrew
Rabynes ? Y our youn? men ſhall ſee Viſions, and your old
men(hil dreame dreames,lay they youth isrhe worthi-
cr'age, for that Viſions are-necrer apparitions of
God, than dreames?: Andlet it bee noted; that hovw
focuer the Conditionsof life of Pedanres hath been

{corned vpon Thearers, as the' Ape'of Tyranme;
D 2 and

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Of the aduancereent of earning,
andrhicthemodernlooſenesornegligence hathta-
ken no dueregardtothechoife of >choolemaſters,
& Tutorszyertheancientwildome ofthe beſt times
didalwaiesmakea iuſt complaint, that States were
too: buſic with their Lavwes, and too negligent in
point of education/:-which' excellent parr of an+
cientdiſciplinehath been in ſome ſort reutued of late
times, by the Calledges of the Ieſuites: of whom,
' although in regard of their ſuperſtition I may ſay,

"Quo meliores, eodereriores,yetin regard of this, and
fome other: points concerning humane learning,
and Morall matters, I may ſay as. _A2e/davs layd to
his encmie/Farnabaſes, Talis quum fi, vtinam noſter
ofes Andthus much touching the diſcredits drayyn
from the fortunes of learned men. .

As touching the Manners of learned men, it is/'a:
thing perſonallandindiuiduall, and no doubr there
beamongſtthem; as nother profeſsions,of alltem-
eratures;buryerſoas it isnot withouttruth which
1s ſayd, that _Lbeunr indizinmores Studies hae an
influence and operation;vponthe manners of thoſe
thatare conuerſanr in them. ;
-1/-Bur'vponanarentive, and indifferent:reuiew, 1
for my pare;cannor findanydiſgracetolearning,can
proceed frothe manners of learned men; not inhe-
rentrothem asthey arelearned;except it be a faulr,
_ Cwhich was: mol jer9n fault of. Dexroſthenes,

'Cirero, Catorhe ſecond; Seneca, and'imany moe) thar
becauſetherimes they readof,, are commonly bet-
terthan the times they liucinand the duties __
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The firſt Booke. 14.
betterthantheduticspraQtiſed: They contend ſomis
times toofarre, to bring thinges to perfection ;-and
to reducethe corruption of manners, tohoneſtic of

Treceprs, or examples of roo great height; And yer
Cevool they hane Caneats. ynough in their ovwne
walkes: For Szlor, when he wasasked whether he
had giuen his Citizens the beſt laws,an{wered wile-
ly,7 ea of /uch, as they would receine: and Plaro finding
x hisowne heart, could not agree with rhe cor-
xapt manners of his Country, refuſed to beare place
or office, ſaying: Thar s mans Countrey was to be uſed
as bis Parents were, that is,with humbleperſwaſtons,and
not with conteſtarions. And Ceſars Counſellor put in
the ſame Caucat, Nen ad vetera inſtirara renorans yue
Jampridems corruptis maribus ludibrio fanr.; and” Cicero
noteth this error direaly.in:Carothe ſecond; when
he writes to his friend LM tics 3: Caro:oprime ſentrir,
ſed necet interdum reipublica;loquitur enimtanquamin
repub: Platons,non tanquam inface Romuts 3 and the
ſame Cicero doth excuſe and expound the Philoſo-
phers for going too far, and being too cxatt intheir
preſcripts, when he faith 3 1/#; pf preceproves virtu-
i & Maziftri, videnturfouts officiorum paulo-longins
quan ratara veller protuiiſſevt cis ad vitimi animo con-
tendiſſemus,ibitamenubi aportet,confifteremus:anvd yet
himſelf mighthane faid: 3fonire [i vainor ip fe meis, tor
It was hisownfault,thoghnor inſoextreamadegre..

-' Another fault likewiſe much of this kind, hath
beene incident to learned men; whichistliar they
hauc eſteemed the preſernation;good;and tt of

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» 1Of the Aduancement of Learning,
theic 'Countreysor Maiſters before their owne for-
tunes or ſafeties,” Fortoſfayth Demoſthenes vnto the

| Athenians; | ri 904 Jon to noreir, my counſels vato

- you, art nor ſuch, whereby 1 ſhould grow great among ſt
you;and you become little among: ft the Greaans : But they
be of that nature as they are ſometimes not good for me to
2tue hut are alwnies god for you ro follow, And to Sene-
ca aſter he had conſecrated that Luinquenninm Ne-
ronis to the erernall glotie of learned Gouernors,
held: on his honeſt andiloya!l courle of good and
free Counlell, after his:Maiſter grew extreamely
corrupt in his gouernment; neither can this point
otherwile be: for learning endueth mens mindes
witharrue ſence of the frailtieof their perſons,the
calualtie of their fortunes, and the dignitie of their
ſoule and vocation;ſo that it is impolsible for them
to eſteeme thar any greatneſle of their owne for-
tune can bee, atrucor worthy end of their being
and ordainment; and therefore are delirousto giue
their accountto God, and (o likewiſe to their Viati-
ſters vnder God (as Kinges'and the States that they
ſerue)intheſewords3 Erreribs lucrifeci, andnot Eroe
mihi lucrifeci : whereas the:corrupter fort of meere

Politiques, that haue nottheir thoughts eſtabliſhed

by learning 1n the loue and apprehenſion of du-

tie, nor neuer looke abroad into vniuerſalitie; doe \,-
reterreallthinges ro themſelties, and:thruſt them- |, FP
fſelacsinto the Center of the-world, as if all-lynes

"ſhould meetin them and their fortunes ; neuer ca-

ringin all tempeſts what becoms of the ſhippe of

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Eſtates, ſo they may (aue themiclues in the Cocke-
boa: of their owne fortune, whereas men that ſeele

the weight of dutic, and know the limits of '{elle-

loue,vicomake good their places & duties,thuugh
with perill, Andit they jjand in (cditions and vio-
lent alterations 3 it is rather the reverence which
many times both aduerle parts doegiueto honeſtie,
than ary verſatile aduantape oftheir owne carriage,
But for this point of tender lence, and fait obligatie
on of dutic, which learning doth endue the minde
withall, howlocuer fortune may taxe it, and many
m-he depth of their corrupt principles may defpile
ityertitwallreccinean open allowance, and there:
forcnecdes theiciic di/proote or exculation,
Another -{ault- incident commonly to learned
men, which may be more probably detended, than
trucly dcnyed, 1s; that theytayle ſometimes.10 aps
Hying'themlclusto particular perſons, which want

of exact application ariſethtrom two caules : The

one, becaute rhe largeneſle oftheir minde can hard-
ly confine itfelfe ro dwell in the; exquilite oberua-

tion or examination of the narure attd-.cauſlomes: of
one perſon: foritis2 ſpeech for a Louer,& nor fora
wile man :$a15 macnum alter alters T heatrum (urn

Neuerthcleſſe I ſhallyeg'd, tharhethaticannor con-
tract theſight of his miride, alwell-as-dilperte; and

$- dilate it, wanrethia great ſacultic, Bit thete isale-

cond cauſe, which is no' inabilitie, bug a rejection

vpon choiſe and i1dgement, Forthe honeſt and uſt:

bounds of obſcruation, by one perſon ypon'an0-
Wl D. XC.

A. ther,

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2! Of the aduantement of learning,

ther, extend no further, but to vaderſtand him ſuf
icicntly,wyhereby notto ine him offence,or wher-
by to beabletoginehimfaithfull C ounlel,or wher-
by tofland vpon reaſonable guard and caution in re-
ſpe of a mans ſelfe: Burt to be (peculatiue into a-
mother man,to the end to knozy howto worke him,
or winde him, or gouerne-him, proceederh from
a heartthat is double andclonen, and not entire and
mgenuous3 which as iafriendſhip it is want of in-
regritie, ſo rowards Princes or Superiors, is want of
dutic. Forthe cuſtome ofthe Leuanr, which is,thar
ſubieQs doe forbeareto gazeor fixetheir eyes vpon
Princes, is inthe outward Ceremonie barbarous ;
but the morallis good : For men ought not by cun-
ning and bent obſ{eruationsto pierce and penetrate
into the hearrs of Kings, which the ſcripture hath
declaredto be inſcrutable, |

_ - Thereisyer another faulk(withwhich1will cor-
dudethis part)which isoftennoted inlearned men,
that they doe many times fayle to obſerue decencie,
and diſcretion in their behauiour and carriage, and
commit errorsin{mall and ordinarie points of aQti-
on; fo as the vulgar ſort of Capacities, doe make 2
ludgement of them in greater matters, by. that
whichthey finde wanting inthem,in {maller, Bur
this conſequence doth oft deceiue men, for which,
Idoereferre them ouer to that which was fayd by
T hemiſtotlesarrogantly, and vnciuily, being applyed
ro himſelle matt his owne mouth, bur being ap-
plycdto the generallftare of this queſtion pertinent-

ly and iuftly; when)being inuitedtotonch a Lute,
hefayd: Hecould nor fiddle, but he conld make a ſmall
T owne,a 7reat ſtate. So no doubt, many may be well
ſeene in the paſſages of gouernement and policie,
which are to {ecke in little, and punQuall occaſions;
I referre them alſo to that, which Plaro fayd of his
Maiſter Socrates, whom he compared to the Gally-
pots of Apothecaries, which on the out-lide had
Apes and Owles, and Antiques,but contained with
in ſoueraigne and precious liquors, and confections;
acknowledging that to an externallreport, he was
not without ſuperficialllenities,anddetormitiesbur
vas inwardly repleniſhed with excellent vertues
and powers. And fo much touching the point of
manners of learned men.

But inthe meanetime, I hauenopurpoſetogine
allowance to ſome conditions and courles baſe, and
vnworthy, wherein diuecrs Profeffors of learning;
haue wronged themſelues,and gonetoo farre; ſt uh
as were thoſe Trencher Philoſophers, which in the
later age of the Romane State, were viually inthe
houſes of great perſons, being little better than ſo=
lemne Paraſites ; of which kinde, Zucian maketh a
merricdeſcription ofthe Philoſopher,thatthe great
Ladie tooke to/ride with her in her Coach, and
would ncedshanehim caric her little Dogge,which
hedoing officiouſly, and yet vncomely, the Page
fcoffed. andſayd: That he dowbred, rhe-Philoſopher of
4a Sroike, wou!drurne robea Cynike, But aboue all the
reſt, the groſle and palpable flatterie, whereunto

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v0 f the Aduancement of Learning,

many (not vnlearned) haueabbaſed & abuſed their
wits and pens, turning (as D# Bartas ſaith,) Hecuv.s
into Helene, and Fanſtina into Lucretia, hath moſt di-
miniſhedthe price and eſtimationof Learning Nei-
ther is the morall dedications of Bookes and Wri-
tings, as to Patrons to bee commended-'for thar
Bookes (ſuch as are worthy the name of Bookes)
oughtto haueno Patrons, but Truth and Reaſon:
Andthe ancient cuſtome was, to dedicate them on-
ly to priuate and equall friendes, or to intitle the
Bookes with their Names, or if toKings and great
erſons, it was to ſome (uch as the argument of the
ooke was fit and proper for; buttheleand the like
Courſes may delerue rather reprehenlion, than de-
fence. 28
Not that I cantaxe or condemne the morigera-
tion or*application of learned men to men in ſor-
tune. For the an{were vas good that Dz2genes made
to one that asked him in mockerie, How it came r9
paſſe rhat Philoſopher were the ſollowers of rich men,and
not rich men of Philoſophers ? He anſwered ſoberly,
and yer (harpely; Berauſe the one ſor knew what they
had need of, © the other did not; And ofthelike nature
was the anſwere which .Ari/t;ppzs made, when ha-
ving a petition to Dioriſzs, and no care giuen to
him, hefelldowne ar his feete, wheupon Dioki/7us
ſtayed and ganehim the hearing, and graunted it,
and afterward ſome perſon tender on the behalfe
Philoſophie, reprooued Lritippus, that he would
ofterthe Profelsion of Philoſophic ſuch an indigni-

tie,

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tic,as for apriuatSuit tofallata Tyrants feet: Buthe
anſwered; Ir was nor his fault, but it was the fault of
Dioni{ne that bad his eares in hisfeere, Neither was it
accounted weakenelle, bur diſcretion in him that
wouldnot diſpute his beſt with Adrianus Ceſar 3: ex-
*culing himſelte, T has ir was reaſon to yeeld to him, that
commauniaed tiiriie Levions. Thele and the like ap-
plications and ſtooping to points of neceltitie and
.conuenicnce cannot bee diſallowed : for though
they may haue ſome outward baleneſle ; yer in a
Indgement truely made, they are tobee accounted
ſubmi(sionsto the occalton, and not tothe perſon,
Nowl proceede to thoſe errours and vanities,
which hane interueynedamonegſtthe ſtudies them-
ſeluesof the learned; which is that which is prin-
cipalland proper to the preſent argument, wherein
my purpole isnct to make a lifenion of the cr-
rors, but by a cenſure and ſeparation of the-errors,
to makea iuſtificatis of that which is good & ſound);
and todeliuer that from the aſperſion of the other.
For we (ce, that it is the manner of men, to {canda-
lize and deprauethat which retaineththe ſtate; and
. vere, by taking aduantage vpon that whichiscor-
rupt and degenerate; as the Heathensinthe primi-
tive Church vſcd to blemi(h and taynt:the Chriſti-
ans, with thefaults and corruptions of Hereriques:
Butneuertheleſle, I haneno meaning atthis time to
make'any exatt animaduerſionofiithe'errors and
-impediments in matters of learning,/ which ate
moreſecretand remote from vulgar opinion;3; but
Tee E 2 onely

- *Of the aduancement of learning,
onelyto ſpeake vnto ſuch as doefall vnder, or neere
vnto,a popular obleruation,
Therebe therfore chietely three vanities in Studi-
es, whereby learning hath been moſt eraduced: For
thoſethings we do eſteeme vaine, whicharexither
falle or frivolous,thole whicheither hae no truth,”
' orno vie:& thoſe perſons we eſteem vain, whichare
cither credulous or curious,& curiolitie is eicher in
marer or wordsothat in reaſon,as wel as in expert=
ence,there fal out to be theſe 3. diſtepers (as I may
rearmth&)of learning; The firſt fantaſtical learning:
Theſecond contentious learning, & thelaſtdelicate
learning, vaine Imaginations, vaine Altercations,
& vainaffeQatios: &withthe laſt I wil begin, Martirn
Zather conduQed (no doubt) by an hicher prout-
f dence, bur in diſcourſe of reafon, finding what a
Fas Terforu Prouince he had vndertaken againſtthe Biſhop of
Rome,and the degenetatetraditions ofthe Church,
and finding his owne ſolirude,being no waicsayded
bythe opinions of his owne time, was enforced to
awakeall Antiquitic, andto callformer times to his
ſaccors, to makea partie againſt the preſenttime:
ſorhar the ancientAuthors, beth in Diuinitie, and
m Humanitie, which had longtime ſlepr in Libraz
ries, generally ro bercad and reuolued, This
by conſequence, diddraw onaneceſtitieof amore
exquilitetrauailein the languages originall, wherin
thoſe Authors did write:Fot the better vnderſtidin
of thoſe Authors;.and thebetteraduantageof preſ-
fingand applying their words: And thereof grew

againe,

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againe,a delight intheir manner of Stileanid Phraſe,
and an admiration of that kinde of writing Which
was much furthered & precipitared by the enmity
& oppolition, that the ordpenders of thoſe (pri-
mitiue, but ſeeming nevy opinions) had' againſt the
Schoole-men: who were generally of the contra-
riepart:'and whoſe Writings were altogether in a
diftering Stile and fourme, taking libertieto coyne,
and framenew tearms of Art, to expreſſetheir own
ſence, and to auoidecircuite of ſpeech, without re-
eard'to the pureneſle, pleaſantneſle, and (as I may
call it)lawfulneſle of the Phraſe or word: And a-
eaine, becaufe the'grearlabour that then was with
the people (of whome the Phariſees were wont to
ſay : Execrabilis iſta turba que non nouit levem)for the
winning and perſwading of them, there grewe of
neceſsitic in cheefe price, and-requeſt;eloquence
and varietieof diſcourſe, as the fitteſt andforcibleſt
acceſle intothe capacitie of the vulgar ſort? fo that
theſe toure caules concurring, theadmiration ofan-
cient Authors, the hate of the Schoole-men;the ex-
aQ ſtudieof Languages: 'and the efficacigof Prea-
_ ching did bring in-an affeftionate Rtudie' of 'elo-
quence, and cope of ſpeech, whichthen began to
flouriſh, This grew ſpeedily roanexceſſe: for men
began to hunt moreatter wordes, thanmatter, and
more after the choiſcnelſe of the 'Phraſey arid the
rothdand<learie compoſition of the ſMrende, and
the ſweer falling of the clauſes; and thevarying'and |
Uluſtration' of their workes withtropes and feures

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#:Ofthe Aduancement of Learning, *

thenaftertheweight of matter, worth of ſubieQ,
ſoundneſleof argument, life of inuention,or depth
of iudgement;; I hen grew the flowing, and wa-
trie yaineof Olo ie rhe; Portugal Biikop, to be in
price: thendid/ Srarmins ſpend fuch inhaite, and
curious painesvponCzcero the Orator, and Herzo-
£-nesrhe Rhetoricay, belideshis owne Bookes of
Periods,andimitation, and the like: T hen did Car
of Cambtidee, and: Aſcham withiheir LeQures and
Writings,almoſtdiche- Cicero and Demoſthenes, and
allure,all young men that were ſtudious vnto that
delicate and polliſhed kinde of learning. Thendid
Eraſmws-take' ogcalionto make the ſcoffing Eccho;
Decem annos conſumpſy in lezendo Cicerone: and the
Ecchoanſweeed in Grecke, Ox? 5 4ſwme. T hengrew

thelearning oftheSchoole-men to be vierlydeſpi- -

{ed as:barbarous, In ſumme, the whole inclination
and'bent of thoſe times, was rather towards copie,
than weight, Witt =2

+ Here therefore, the firſt ditemper of learning,
when menſtudie words, andnot matter : whereof

yet | | mis Nan On WS maits EN mi
nw inalltime;And howis it poſsible,but this ſhould
haue an operationto diſcreditelearning, euen with
| wulgar capacities, when-they ſee learned mens
workes likethe firſt, Letter. of\a,Patem,-or limmed
Booket:whith thoughithath large flouriſhes, yerit

is bura Letter, It ſeemesro me that Pigmalionsfren-

zic isagood

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embleme or portraitureof this vanitic:

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for wordes are but the Images of matter,; and1ex+
cept they haue life of reaſon and inuention: to fall
in loue with them, is all one, as to fallinlone with
a Picture. WIS |
But yer notwithſtanding, it 1s.4 thing nor haſtily
to be condemned, to cloath andadornethe'the ob-
(curitic, cuen of Philoſophie it ſelfe, with ſenſible
andplaulible elocution, For hereof we haue great
examples in Xenophon, Cicero, Seneca, Plurarch, and
of P/aroallo in ſome/degree, and hereof likewiſe
there isgreat vſe: For ſurely, tothe (euere inquiliti-
| onof truth, and the deepe-progreſle into Philoſo-
; Þhie, it is (ome hindrance ; becauleitis too early (a;
> tisfaQtorie tothe minde of man, and'quencherhthe
7 dclire of further ſearch, belore wecome!toa iuſt
F. a But then ifa man beto haneany vſeoffuch
nowledge inciuile occalions, of conterence,coun-
ſell, perlwaſion, diſcourſe, or the like: Then ſhall .
he tinde it prepared ro his hands/in-tholſe Authors;
\ Which write inthat manner, Butthe exceſle of this
{ ts ſoiuſtly contemprible, thatas Hercules, whenhee
: fawthe Imageof- Adonis, Fenus Miznfon ina Tem
. ple, faydindiſdame, Nl /acri es:i' So thereris none
of Hercules followers in learning; that'is, the mare

|

; Tenere, and laboriousſort of Encuirers'mto-truth,

; Burwilldeſpiſe thoſe delicacies and alfeQarions, -as

| IndeedEcapableot nodmnelle, And thusmuchof

t_ MCANdIEA Eor dillemper of learning, 0 1G £13
T heſecond whichfollowethjs in mature; worſe

then tamache former : for as ſubſtance of marcer is
0.2 E 7 berter

as Virum

>: Of the aduanctent of learning,
berttdrthan beautie of words: ſo contrariwile vaine
matter:is worſe, than vaine words ; wherein it ſee-
meththereprehenſionof Saint Pa»/e,was not onely
proper forthoſetimes, but prophetical tor thetimes

tollowing, and notonly reſpectmeroDiumitec,but

extenſiuetoallknowledge. Dewta prophanas vocum

' motlitares. Ooppoſniones falſinominis [cientie. For he

aſsigneth rwo/Markes and Badges of (uſpetedand
falttiedScience; The one,thenoucltic and ſtrange.
neſfſeof tearmes ;the other; the ſtriQneſle of poll-
tions, which of necelsitic dothinduce oppoſitions,
and ſoqueſtionsandaltercations. Surely,lke as ma-
ny {ubſtances in nature whichare (olide,do putrifie
and-corrupr into wormes-::S0 1t is the propertic of
good andioundknowledge,toputrifie and diflolue
toanumber of ſubtile, idle, vaholeſome, and (as
Ifaay tearme them) vermiculate queſtions; which
haueindeede a kinde of quicknelle, and life of {pi-
rite, butno ſoundneſſe of manter, or goodnefle of
qualitie, This kinde of degenerate learning did
chictely raigne amongfſtthe Schoole-men, who ha-
uing fharpend Rronge wits, and aboundance of

lealure,and{malvarietie of reading; but their wits

being ſhin. vp inthe Cels of a few Authors (chictcly
Ariſtotle their DiQaror) as their perſons were ſhit
vp in the:Cells of Monaſteries and Colledges,and
knowing little Hiſtorie, either of Natureortime,
did out of no-great quantitic of matter, and infi-
nite agitation of wit, ſpin 'out vnto vs thoſe labo-
RR en pſp

| qo ookes,

»
of

yn: ”

Bookes. For the wit and minde of man, ifit worke
ypon matter, which isthe conrEplationofthe crea-
tures of God worketh according to the ſtuffe,and is
limitedthereby ; but if-it worke vpon irſelfe, as the
Spider worketh his webbe, then it is endleſſe,; xnd
and brings forth indeed Copyebs of learning, ad-
mirablefor the fineſſe of thread and worke, but of
no ſubſtance or profte.
' This ame voprofitable ſubtitſtie orcurioſitie is . —-
of two ſorts: either in the ſubject it ſelfethat they NY = "
handle, wheniris afruitleſle ſpeculation or contro- "hip ar po p;
uerlie; (whereof thereareno ſmallnumberborh in
Diwviniry'& Philoſophic) or inthe maner or method
of handlingof aknowledge ; which amongſtthem
wasthis; vponeueric particular poſition or aflerti-
on toframeobieftions, and tothole obieQtious, ſo-
lutions: which (olutions were forthe moſt partnot
confurations, but diſtinftions : whereas indeed the
ftrength of all Sciences, is as theſtrength'of the old
mans faggot in the bond. For the harmonie of a
ſcienceſupporting each part theother, is and ought
tobe the true and briefe confuration and ſupprelsi-
-on of all the ſmaller ſortof obieQtions : but on the
other (ide, it you take out enerie Axiome, as the
Rickes of the faggot one by one, yon may quarrel{
with them, and bend them and breake thematyour
pleaſure: fo that as was fayd of Seneca t Y irborum
minntis rerum franoit ponlera: S0 a manwmay truely
fay of the Schoole-men 2ne/?ionun minurys Sciew
rtaramfrancunt ſodiliratem,” = were it not Fes
l - or

- Of the Advancement of Learning,

$ xd wi %

foramanin afaire roome; to ſet vponegrear light,
orbraunching candleſticke of lights, than to goe a-
boutwitha (mallwatch cand!e uno cuerie corner ?
andfuchistheir methode, that reſts not ſo much vp-
pan cuidence of truth prooucd by arguments, ait-
thorities, ſimilitudes, examples; as vpon particular
confutarions and {olutions of euerie {cruple, cauil-
lation & obieQion : breeding for the-molt parrbne
queſtis asfaſtas it ſolueth another ; euEas inthe for-
mer reſemblance,when you carry the light into one
corner, you darken thereſt: (o that the Fable and ti-

Rionot &:3aſeemeth to be a lively Image of this

kinde of Philoſophie or knowledge, which was
transformed into a comely Virgine for the vpper
parts; but then; Candida ſuccinttam, latramibus in-
gina monſiris: So the Generalities of the Schoole-
menarefora while good and proportionable; bur
then when you deſcend into their diſtinctions and
deciſions, in ſtead of a fruitfull wombe, for th& vſe
and benefite of mans life; they end in monſtrous al-
tercations and barking queſtions. Soas it is not pol.
ſibleburthis qualitie of knowledge muſt fall vader
popular contempt, the people being apr to con-
remnetruth ypooccalionof Controuerſies & alter-
cations, andtorhinke they are all-out of their way
whichneuermeecte, and whenthey ſec ſuch digla-
diation about ſubrilties, and matter of no vie nor
moment, they ealily fall vpon that iudgement of Di-
#n3/aus of Siracuſa, Verba iſta ſunt {enum ctioſorum.
.- Norwithſtanding 'certaine'it is, that if thoſe
{choole-

The firſt Booke, 21
Schoole mentotheir great thirſt of truth; and vn-
wearied trauaile of wit, had 10yned varictic and vni-
uerſalitic of reading and contemplation, they had
prooued excellent Lights, to the great aduance-
ment of all learning and knowledge: but as they are;
theyare great vndertakers indeed, and fierce with
darke keeping. Burt as inthe inquirie of the divine
truth, their pride enclmed to leaue the Oracle of
Gods word, and to vaniſh in the mixture of their
© owneinuentions : {o in the inquilition of Nature,
they cuerleftthe Oracleof Gods works, and ado-
red the deceiuing and deformed Images, which the
vnequall mirrour of their owne minds,or a few re-
cciued Authors or principles, did repreſent vnto
them. Andthus much for the ſecond diſcaſe of lear-
ning.

For the third vice or diſeaſe of Learning, which
concerneth deceit or vntruth, it is of all the reſtthe
fowleſt ; as that which doth deftroy the effentiall
fourme of knowledge; which is nothing but a re-
preſentation of truth ; for the truth of being, and the
truth of knowing are one, differing no-more than
the direQ beame, and the beame reflected. This
vice therefore brauncheth it ſelfe into rwo ſorts;
delight in deceiuing, and aptneſſeto be deceined,
impoſture and Credulitie: which although they ap-
pearetobeof adiuers nature, the gne ſeeming to
proceede of cunning, and the other of {implicttie;
yet certainely, they doe for the moſtpart concurre:
foras the verſenoteth.

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TEITIY TTY

Of the aduancement of learning,
Percont atorem furito ,namGarrulus idem e# :
An inquiſitine man isa pratler : ſo vpon the like

xcaſon, a.credulous manis a decciuer : as we lee it |
in fame, that hee that will ealily beleeue rumors,
"will as calily augment rumors, and adde ſamewhar

tothem of his owne, which Tacitus witely notethy
when he ſayth; Finzurr ſomul creduntg; logreatanat-
finitic hath fictionandbeleefe, a

This facilitic of credite, and accepting or admit-
ting|.thinges weakely authorized or warranted,
isof two kindes, according to the ſ{ubiect: For
it 'is Either a belcete of Hiſtorie, ( as the Law-
yers ſpeake, matter of fact:) or elſe of matter of
art and opinion; As to the-former, wee lee the
experience and inconnenience- of this erronr in
eccleſiaſticall Hiſtorie, which hath too ealily recei:
ved andtegiſtredreportsandnarrations of Miracles
wroughtby. Martyrs, Hermits, or Monkes of the
deſert, andother holy men 3 /and there-Reliques,
Shrines, Chappels, and Images: which though

—_— — > —
— - —

"hey had a-paſſage for time, by the ignorance of

the;people; the ſuperſtitious fimplicitie of tome;
and” the politique tolleration-of others, hoidin

them but as diwyne poelies :' yer after a-periode of
time, whenthe mift beganto cleare vp, they grew
to be eſteemed, but as old wiues fables, impoſtures
of the-Cleargic illuſions of ſpirits, and badges of

- Antichriſt, ro.the-great ſcandall and .detriment of

Religion, *%
Sen naturall Hiſtorie, wee {cc there hath nor
Deene:

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beene that choiſe and iudgement vſed, as ought
to haue beene, as may appeare in'the writings of
Plinius, Cardanus,« A lbertus, anddiners of the Ara«
bians, being fraught with much fabulous matter,

a great part, not onely vntryed, butnotoriouſly vn
true, tothe great derogation of the :credite of na-
turall Philoſophie, with the grave and ober kinde
of wits; wherceinthe wiledomeandintegritic of 4+
ritot/eis worthy to be obſerued,that hauing made
fo diligent and exquilite a Hiſtorie of living crea-
tures, Fach mingled. it ſparingly with any vaine
or fayned matter, and yetonthother (alle, hath caft
all prodigious. Narrations, which hethought wor-

_ thythe recording into one Booke: excellently diſ-
cerning that matter of manifeſt truth; {uch'where-
ypon obſernation and rule was to bee built, was
not to bee mingled or weakened:with matteri.of
donbtfull credite - and: yet ' againe;that- rarities
and reports, that ſeeme vncredible;' are not to
be ſuppreſied or denyed to the memorie of men.
And asfor the facilitie of credite which, is yeel-

ded to Arts & opinions, its likewile cttwo kinds,
either when too much beleete is attributed tothe
Arts themſelues,or to certaine Authors in any Art,
The Sciences them(elues which haue had better
intelligence and confederacie with the imagination
of man, than with his reaſon; are.three in number ;
Aftrologie, Naturall Magicke,and'A/cumy: of which
Sciences neuertheleſſe-the ends or pretences arc
noble, .For Aſtrologie pretendeth todiſcouer that
R_ F3z correipon-

Su bictha Gedult |

-.-

& Of the Aduancement-of Learning,

correſpondence' or concatenation, which is be-
eweenethe ſupeciour Globeand the inferiour, Na-
turall-Mapickepretendeth to cal &reduce natural |
Philuſophiefrom variety otſpeculations tothe mag- |
nitude of works; And _acrmypretendeth ro make
ſeparation of-all the vnlike parts of bodies, which
in mixtures of nature are incorporate, Burt the deri-
vations and proſecutions ro thele ends, both in tlfe
theories; and inthe praQtiſes are fill of Ercour and
vanitic; whichthe great Proteflorsthemſelues haue
ſoughrto w_ ouer and conceale by cuigmaricall
rings, a89'referring themſelnes toauricular tra-
ditions;andfach other-deuiſes, to ſane the credite
of Inipoſtares; :and yet ſurelyto UAumy this right
is due,thatit may be compared to the Husband man
whereof ,#/ope makes the Fable; that when he di-
ed; rold hisSonnes, tharhe hadicft' vntothem go'd,
buried 94, ra in his Vineyard; and they dig-
edonerslltheground, andgoldrheytound none,
but byreaſon'of their ſtirring and diggingthe mold
about, the rootes of their Vines, theyhad a great
Vimapgerhe yearefollowing: ſoafluredly the (earch
ahdftfrrero make goldhach bronghtto light a grear
mimber of good andfruitfull muentions and expe-
riments;as wellforthediſcloſing of Nature ; as for
the vieof mais tie, - TT: b pe Yr
:-Andasforrheonertmich creditertathn;b beene
piven mo Authors in Sciences, in making them
biQmors,thatthetr wordes ſhomd ftand; and nor
'Counſe!sroginendaiſethe daywunageismfinirethar

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Sciences haue recciued thereby,-as the principall
cauſe that hath kept them lowe, at a-ſtay withour

grownh or aduancement. For henceit hath comen,

at in arts Mechanicall, the firſt dewifer coms ſhor-
teſt; and timeaddeth and pertecteth-+-bur in Scien-
ces the firſt Author goeth turtheſt, and time lecſeth
and corrupteth. So we lee, Artilleric, ſayling,prin-
ting, and hs like, were grollely managedatthe firſt
and by ume accommodatedand retined';: but con-
traryrvite the Philoſophies and Sciences of _27-
ftorle, Plaro, Democritus, Hypocrates, Enclides, Archi-
medes, of moſt vigor at the firſt, and by time depe-
necate and imbated,vyhercoftthe reafoniis no other,

bene contributed in one ; and inthe later-many wits
and induſtries haue.ben ſpent about the witot ſome
one; whom many times they haue rather depraued
than illuſtrated, For as water will notaſcendhigher,
than the lenell of the firſt ſpring head, from whence
it deſcendetrh: ſo knowtedge derited from _Ari//o-
tle, and exempted from hhertie of examination,will
not riſe againe higher, thary the knowledge of Arz-

| floile, And therforealthongh the poltion be good:

Oportet cyſcentem credere : yet-n muſt bee coupled
with this,0portier edodtumiucicare : for Diſciples doe

owe uno Maiſters onelyatemporarte/beleefc; and.

aſuſpenſion of their owne mdgement; talt they be
fully inftruted, and not anabſolnte retgnation, or
perperuall capriuitie: andtherefore ro conchide this

point, Iwillſay no more, burs fo let great Authors

F 4 haue

£3

Of rs, HORS of h learning

hatie theire due, as time which is the dos of
Authors benot depriued of his due, which is furder
and farder to diſcouer-truth. Thus haue I gone 0.
ver theſe three diſcaſſes of learning, belides the
whichthereareſomeother rather peccanthumors,
then fourmed diſeaſes, which neuertheles are =
ſo ſecret and intrinfike, but that they fall vnder a
ar obſeruation and traducement; and ther
are not tobepalledouer.
The firſt ot theſe is the extreame affeQting ofrwo
extreamities;'The one Antiquity, The other No-
velty; wherein ir ſeemeth the children of time doe
rakeafter the-narure and malliceofthe father. For
as hedevowreth'his children; ſo one of them ſeck-
erhro deuoure and ſupprefle the other; while-An-
1 3-nn there ſhould be new additions; and
icannot 'becontenttoadd, but it muſt de-
Hog Sut theaduiſcof che Prophet i is thetruedi-
reQtioninthis matter, Srate ſaper Vids autiquas,& vi-
ny ' QUAN tt via refta &* bona, © ambulneinea,
Antiquity delerueth thatrevertce, that men ſhould
mild and —_— and diſcouer what is the
beft way,but whenthe diſcoucry iswell takenthen
to make progresſion; Andto peake truly, Antiqui-
ra ferult Inuentus Mundi. Theſe times are theancient
times Whienttheworld' isancient, &not thoſe which
'we'count antient Ordine rerrog7s do, byacompura-
cion backward:from our ſelues.
+ AnotherErrorinducedbythe former is a diſtruſt
_ any ting ſhould: becnouw 10 bee found yo.
| Winic

The firſt Booke. OY 34-
which the world ſhould haue miſſed and pafſed
ouer ſo long time, as if the ſane obieQtion were to
be made totime, that Zaciay makethto 7upirer, and
other the heathen Gods, of which he woondreth,
that they begot ſo many Childrenin old time, and
begot none 1n his time, andasketh whether they
were become ſeptuagenarie, or whether the lawe
Pappia made againſt old mens mariages had reſtray-
ned them, So itſeemeth men doubr, leaſttime is be-
come paſt children and generation; wherein con-
trary wiſe, we {ce commonly the leuttie and vncon-
ſtancie of mens indgements, which till a matter bee
done,wonder that it can be done;and afloone as it is
done, woonder againe that it was no ſooner done,
aswe (ce inthe expedition of _{lexander into Aſiz,
whichar firſt was preiudged asa vaſtand impoſiible
enterprize ; and yet afterwards it pleafeth; Zavye to
make no more of it, than this, NV! alind quam bene
anuſus vana contemnere. And the ſame happened to
Colambns inthe weſterne/Nauigation; But inintel-
leQtuall matters, it is much more common; as may
be ſeen in moſt of the propoſttions of Exc/zde,which
till they bee demonſtrate, they (ſeeme ſtrangeto our
aſſent; but being demonſtrate, our mind accepterh
of them by a kind ofrelation(as the Lawyers (peak)
as if we had knownethem before: -

Another Errour' that hath al ſome affinicic
with the former, is a conceit that of former opinions”
orſeQs after varictieand examination, thebcſt hath
{hill prevailed ; and fuppreſſed the reſt;So as if a.

G man

ED tf i $f . |
+ :Of the aduancement-of- learning,
man (hould'beginne the labour of anewe ſearch,
hee were'bur like ro-light vppan ſomewhat for:
merly-reiccted and by reiection, brought into
oblinion ; asif the multitude;-or the vviſeſt forthe
multitudes fake;' were not'readie to'giue paſſage,
racher- to: that which is popular and ſuperticiall,

than ro:that/Which is ſubtttantiall and:profounds

for therruth is, that time feemerh'to be-of the nal
ture of a Riner, or. ftreame;; *'which'carrycth
doyne to'ivy that which is light'and: blowne vp;
and finker and droyneththar- which isweightie
mmilge=175 2o1tyf r mogbror3rrb tt 4 21067

Another Errour of a-diuerſe nature from all the
former, is the ouer: early and'peremprorie redu-
Qionotiknowledge into Artsand Methodes: from
whichtime;commontytSciences recenieſmallorteo
augmentation. Bur as young men,. whenrhey knit
and ſhape perfeAly, doeteldamegrovyto a further
ftature': ſo knowledge, while it-15\in Aphoriſmes
and obſeruations,” it is in:groweth:; but when«it
once is comprehended inexatt Methodes; it 'may
perchance be further polliſhed and illuſtrate, and
accommodated for vie andprattite; but it encrea4
ſeth nomore in bulke andſnbſtance, © 6 7

Another Errour which dothfuccced tharwhich
we laſt mentioned,'is, that after the diſtribution of
particular Arts and Sciences, men haueabandoned
vniuerſalitie,or Ph:loſopiaprimaz which cannor bur
cea(c, and /ſtoppe all progresfion. "For no pertet
diſcoucric can bee madevppon a latte, or alevell.
mn | - oe Neither

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Neither is it posſibletodiſtouerthe more remote;
and deeper parts. dt-any Science, it you ſtand but
vpon tbe lenell of the ſame Science, and alcengnor
ro a higher Science,
: Another Error hathproceeded from too great a
reuerence, anda kinde |of adoration of the minde
and vnderftanding, of matiz, by . meanes whereof,
men haue withdrawne themiclues roo much ſrom
the comemplation of Nature, and the obſcruations
of expcricnce: and haue tumbled vp and downe in
their ownereaſon and <onecits : vpontheſe Intelle-
Qualliſts, which are notwithſtanding commonly ta-
| kenfor the moſt ſublime and diuine Philoſophers ;
Heraclitas gave a inſt cenſure, ſaying : Men ſonurhr

ruth inrher owne little worlds,and not in rhe great and
common world : for they diſdainetoſpell, and lo by

degreestoreadin theyolume of Gods works, and

contrarywiſe by continuallmeditation and agitati-

on of wit,doe vrge, and as it were inuocate their
owneſpirits,to.diuine,and giue Oracles vntothem,
whereby they are deſeruedly deluded,

Another Error that hath ſome connexion with
this later, is, that men hauevyſedto infect their me-
ditagions, opinions, and doctrines vwirh ſome con-
ccits which they haue moſt admired, or (ome Sci-
ences which they haue-molſt applyed; and giuen all
things elſca tinctureaccording to them, vtterly vn-
true-and / vnproper; . $0. hath .Plazo, intermmgled
his. Philoſophic with T heologie,, and CAr:/iotle:
with Logicke , and the ſecond Schoole of Plate,
$f G 2 Proclis,

"0 Of te Atkancenento/earning,

Proclss, and the reft, withthe Mathemariques. For
theſe werethe Artswhich had:akinde of ?rimw 2e-
w#irure With them ſeuerally('Sohaue the Alchymiſts
made aPhilolophic cut of a few. experiments of the
Furnace;'and Gilbertus our Countrey man hath
made a Philoſophie'om-ot* the-obleruations. of a
Loadſtone. - SoCicers, when recitingthefeuerall 0-
pinions of the nature of the (oule, he found a Muli-
tian, -that held the ſoule was but a harmonie; ſayth
pleaſantly: Hic 4b arte ſua non recesit,£c,Bur of thele
coneeits C1 riſtotle: ſpeaketh'(eriouſly and: wilely,
whenhelayth: 2uireficinnt ad panca/ac facili pro-
ANRHAnt.

Another Errour is an impatience of doubt,and
haſt roaſlertion'withour due and mature tfuſpention
of iudgement.'| Fortherwo wayesof comemplati-
on are not vnlike the two wayes of ation; com-
monly ſpokenof by'the Ancients. The oneplainand
ſmooth mthe beginning; nd inthe endimpaſlable:
the other rough and troubleſome/in the entrance,
but after a while faire and enen, fo it is in coremplay
tion,if a man will begin with certainties, hee (hall
endindoubrs; bur if he will be centent to beginne
with doubrs; he ſhall end incertamries, 151-8

- AnotherError is in the manner. of the tradition
and deliverie of knowledge, which is for the moſt
part Magiſtralland peremprorie; and not ingenu-
ous andfaithfull; ina ſort, as may-be ſooneſtbedlee-
ned; and nor eaſileſt examined. Iris trueythar in
compendious Treatiſes for praQtiſe, that fourme is

ROt

T he firſt Booke, 26
not to beedilallowed. But inthetrue handling of
knowledge, men ought not tofalleither onthe one
ſide iato the veyne of Yelcins the Epicurean : 4
tam metuen*, quam ne dubitare aliqua de re videretur;
Nor on the other (ide into Socrates his irronicall
doubting of all things,but ro propound things fn-
cerely,with more orlefle aſſeueration:asthey ftand
in a mans owne iudpement, prooued more or leſle.

Other Errors there are in the ſcope that men
propound to themſchies, whereunto they bend
their endeauours: for whereas the more conſtant
and deuote kind of Profeſlors of any ſcience ought
to propound to themſeclues, to make ſome additi-
onstotheir Science; they conuert their labours to
alpireto certaine ſecond Prizes; as to bea profound
Interpreter or Comentet ; to bea ſharpe C hampion
or Detender ; to be a methodical! Compounder or
abridger ;” and {o the Patrimonie of knowledge
commeth to be ſometimes improoued:but ſeldome
augmented. |

But the greateſt Error of allthereſt, is the miſta- ”
king or miſplacing'of the laſt or furtheſt end of
knowledge : for men haue entred intoa delire of
Learning and knowledge, ſometimes vpon a natu-
rall curiolitic, and inquilitine appetite; ſometimes
to enterraine their mindes with varicticanddelight;
ſometimes for ornament and reputation; and ſome-
times to inable them roviQorie of wit and'contra-
diction, and moſt times for lukar and profesſion,and
ſeldome {incerely to gine a true account of their

G 3: guift

>» Of the aduancement of learning,

it there were ought in knowledgeaCowch,wher-
vpontoreſta ſcarching andreſiletle ſpirite; oratar-
rallefor a wandring and variable-minde, to walke
vp and downe witha faire proſpett; ora Tower of
State for aproude mindeto raile it (elfe vpon5'/or a
Fort or. commaunding ground. for {trife and con-
tention, ora.-Shoppe _ I or (ale; and not a
rich Stotc-houle tor the glorie of the Creator, and
the relicfe of Mans; cftate. Butthis 1s that; which
will indeed dignific and exalt knowledge 3 if con-
templation and action may be more neercly. and
ſraightly conioyned and vaned together , than
they haue beene; a ConiunQtion like vnto. that of
the two higheſt Planets; Siarmethe Planct of reſt
and, contcwplation 3 and: lwpirer the Planer: of ci
uile- focictie and aQion . Howbeit, I doe nor
meane' when 1 (peake of vic and ation, that end
before mentioned a the applyuig of knowledge
to luker and profesfion ; For I am not. ignorant
howe much that diuertcth and interrupteth the
proſecution and aduauncement of knowledge ;
like vnto the goulden ball throwne before _U74-
dna, which while ſhee- gocth alide,, and Roo-
path to.take "Po the race is hindred,
Declingt cur ſus, aurumque volubile role +
' Neither is my m
callPhiloſoply down hows roconuerſe vpon
thecarth,that wy natural Philoſophy aſide.&

A oncly to manners,and ar
ut

guift of reaſon, tothebenefiteandvie of men-: Av |

"N
|

caningas was ſpoken of Secrares, to |

The firſt Booke! 25
Bur as both heauen and earth doe conſpire and
contribute ro the-vie and benefite of man: Sorhe
end ought to'bee from both Philoſophies, to (e-
parate and reiect vaine ſpeculations, and what(o-
cuer is emptie and voide, and to preſerue and
augment whatſoeuer is ſolide and fruitfull: that
knowledge may not bee as a Curtezan for pleaſure,
& vanitie only,or as a bond-womanto acquire” and
eainetoher Maſters vſe,but as a Spoule,for genera-
tion, fruit,and comfort.
T hnshauc Idefcribedand openedas by a kinde
'of difleQtion, thoſe peccam humors (the principal
of them) which hath not onely giuen impediment
to the proficience of Learning, but haue giuen alſo
occaſion, tothe traducement thereof : wherein if
-Ihaue beene roo phaine, it muſt bee temembred;
- Fidelmuulnera' amantis, ſed aoloſa oſtuls malitnantis,
This Tthinke Thane gained, that I onght ro beethe
berrer ahve en which I ſhall ſay pertayning
-to 'commendation :'becaufe I have proceeded {o
freely, in/that which concerneth cenſure. And yer
I haueno purpoſe to enter into a laudatiue of Lear-
"ning, or to make a Hymne to the Muſes (though
-Jam. of opinion, that it is long ſincetheir Rites were
\duely celebrated) bur myintent is without varniſh
.or amplification, iuſtly ro weigh the dignitie of
knowledgein the ballance with other things.,and to
'takethetrue value thereof by teftimonies/and ar-
-guments diuine, and'/humane. 9 HOY bt»
Firſttherefore;ler vsſecke the dignitie of know-
do” |. 4 "27+ un

- Of the Aduancement of Learning,
ledge inthe Arch-tipe or firſt plat forme, which is
is in the attributes and as of God, as farreasthey
arereuealed roman, and may be obſerued with (o-
brictie, wherein we may not (eeke it bythe name
of Learning, for all lcarning is knowledge acqui-
red, and all knowledge in Cod is originall. And
therefore we muſtlookefor ir by another name,that |
of wiſedome or ſapience, as the {criptures call it, |
Itis ſo then, that in the worke of the Creation,we
ſee adouble emanation of vertue fr God : the one
referring more properly topower,the otherto wilc-
dome,the one expreſſed inmaking theſubliſtenceof
the mater,&the other in diſpoling the beauty of the
fourme, This being (uppoſed,itisro bee obſerued,
that for any thing which appearethinthe hiſtorie of
the Creation,the confuſed Maſle, and matter ofhea-
_uenandearth was made ina moment,and theorder *
and diſpoſition of that Chaos or Maſle,was the work |
of lixe dayes, ſuch a note of-difference it pleaſed
God to-put vppon the workes of power, and the
workes of witedome: wherewith concurreththat
intheformer, it isnor ſette downe, that God ſayd, |
Les there be Heawen and Earth, as it isfet downe of |
the workes following, but aRually , that God made
Heauen andcanth: the one carrying the ftile of a
ManutaQure, and the other of a lawe, decree, or |
Toproceedetothat which isnext in order frem |
God toſpirits : we findeasfarre ascrediteisto bee
giucato the celeſtiall Hierarchye, of that ſuppoled
Dfonyſuns,

Ky

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LEW,

Oe man

| ITT .The foft bogke\... 20

Diowf us he Senator of Athens the: bR ape .Or
degree is giuen to the Angels of loue, which are
rearmed Seraphimgcthe {econd tothe Angels of light,
which are tearmed Cherwbipsy and thethird; and, to
following places tothrones, principalirics, and the

rel}, which are all Angels of power and miniſtrys 10
as the Angels of;knowledge,and illumination, are
placed; betorg the Angels of Office and domina-

UON..

Todeſcend from (| virits Vs incelleQuall ſormes
ro ſenſible and marcriall, fourmes,, wee read the
firſt fourme that- was, .creared;, was light, which
hath a tclation and correſpondence. i innature,and
corporall thinges,to knowledge in {pirits and :in-
corporallthinges, ', /,

So in the diſtribution of dayes, we, (ce the day

wherin God did reſt, & conteplate his owne works,

-Was bleſſed aboue al the daye5s wherein he did >
fe and accompliſhihem. .

After the Creauon was Coithed, it is ſcrte
downe, vnto-'ys, that man was placed, in. the
Garden to worke thereuy,, which works 1o ap-
pointedto.him, could beg no other than worke of
contemplation, that is, when the'end of worke is
but for exerciſe 2nd experiment, not for necclgntic,
for there being then no reluciationot;thecreature,
nor ſeas, of the brgwe, .nans employment mult
of: conſequence haueben manerofdelighrinthe ex-
periment and not matter of labor forthe vic.Againe
my wt AQs which,man Leah in Paradiſe,
conſiſted

. CJ p by 6 F \ , * * 4
» Of the Aduancement 0 arning,

conſiſted of the twoſummaric parts of knowledge, |
theview of Creatures, andthe impoſition of names,
As for the knowledge which induced thefall,it was,
as was touched before;'not the naturall knowledge
of Creatures, "but the morall knowledge of good
and euill, wherein theiſuppoſition vas, that Gods
commaundements or'prohibitions were'not the
originals of good and euill, but that they had 0-
ther beginnings whjch man alpired to know,tothe
end, 'to make a'totall defeftion from God, and to
depend wholy vpon himlelte, | |
---To paſſe on, inthe firſfeuent or occurrence after
the fallof Mans; wee (ee(asthe Scriptures haue in-
finite Myſteries, not violating at all the truth of the
Storie or letter) an Image of the rwo Eſtates, the
Contemplatiue ſtate, andtheaQtiue ſtate, figured in
chetwoperſons of <Lbelland Cain, and in therwo |
ſimpleſt'and moſtprimitiue Trades of life: thar of |
the Shepheard (who by reaſon of his lea(ure, reft
in a place, and living in view of heauen, is a liuel
Image of a contemplariue life) and that of the buſ.
bandman; where we (ce againe, the fauour and e-
leion of God went torheShepheard, and not to
thetiller of theground.

Sointhe age before the floud; the holy Records
within thoſe tew memorials, which are there en-
rredandrepiſtred, haue vouchſafed to mention,and
honovr the name of the Inuentors and Authors of

Muſique, and works in metrall, -Inthe age after the
Floud, the firſt great iudgement of God vpponthe
| ambition

ambition 'of man, was the confulion of tongues ;
whereby the open Trade and intercourle of Lear-
ningand knowledge, was chietely imbarred. ,
o.deſcend tro. Moy/esthe Law-+giuer ,, and: Gods
firſt penne; hee is adorned. by the. Scriptures with
this addition, and commendation: That he was ſeene
in all the Learnin? of the «A; yptians, Which Nation
we know was one of the molt ancient Schooles of
the world:for,(o 2/aro brings in theEgyprian Pricf,
faying vnto Solon: TI on Grectans are ener Children, you
haue noknowledee of antiquitie, nor antiquitie of know -
l:dze, Takea view of the ceremoniall law of Moy-
/eyon (hall find belidesthe prefiguration of Chriſt,
the: badge or difference of the people of God, the
excercileand impreſsion of obedience, and other
divine vſes and fruits thereof, that ſume of the moſt
learned Rabynes haue trauailed profitably, and pro-
foundly to obſerue, ſome of them a narurall; ſome
of them a morall ſence, or reduCtion of many of rhe
ceremonies and ordinances: As -inthelawe of the
Leproulie, whereirt is\ayd: If 2he whiteneſSe han? 0-
wer ſpread the fl.ſhythe-Putiens pry paſſe abroad for clean 3
But if there be any whole fiſh remayning , he is to be ſhar
Up for wvncleane: One of them notcth a principle of
nature, that putrefaCtion is more contagious before
maturitie thanaſter; Andanathernotetha polition
of morall Philoſophie,that men abandonedto vice,
doe not ſo much corrupt manners, asthoſerhar are
halfe good,and halfe euill, (o, inthisand veric many
other places inthat lawe,, there isto bee found be- |
Suge H 2 {ides

v£0Of the ad »en of learning,
_ Theologicallſence, mich aſperſion of Phi-
v& hie. | H | e \ . | TY
Solikewiſe inthat excelſentBooke of 7b, if it be
en6licd with dilivence, it will be found pregnant,
ad Hyelling with narurall Pliloſophie® asfor ex-
ample, Coſmographie, and the roundnefle of the
world : 9#i exrendit aquilonem ſuper victum, ©
appentlt terram' ſuper nibilum: wherein the penſile-
« neſſe of the. earth, 'rhe''pole of rhe'Northi and
the finitenefle, or connexiricof Heanen are mani-
i -feftly rotiched, © So againe matter of Aftronomie,
Spirituseins ornauts catos © obſterricante manu e-
eres edutFisefÞ toluber rorrnoſus*' And in! atiother
Place, "Nnnguid romnnocte' valebit mitantes tells
pleyadas, aut pyram ariFari poteris aiſSipare? where
the fixing of the ſtarres-encr-ſtanding/at equall
diſtaiice, is with great elegancie noted : And'in
2aj0ther place; Oxy fitrartFurum, © rid. hy.
"adas } &* inreriora auit#i , where apaine hee rakes
knowledge ofthe deprefsion ofthe Southerne pole,
calling ir the ſecrets of the Somh,-/becauſetheſou- ]
: theftte ſharrevnveretitthartlimate ynſeene, Mar-
*ter of neration, Anon Jour lac miulſiſts me, © ficitr
"caſeim eoruleſ/i nie, Gr/Matterof Mynerals, '[abes
420 Um Venar in ſuave principia © &'anrolocuseſt
i” 919 donſlibir. forma? tt Mira 3th, lapis folurus
eto IWF 6artibicr: BAG (OforwardSin that Chapter,
"$0 likewiſe" if the petfon 'of $1/omw the
King, \yee ſee the gnift-or endowment- of wiſe-
domeand1carriing both ivSafomors petition, and in
"R000 £4 Gods

The firſt Booke . zZO
Gods aſſent thereunto' preferred before all other
rerrene and temporallfelicttie, By vertue of which
grant or donatiue of God, Salomon became inabled,
not onely to Vrite thole excellent Parables, or
Aphoriſmes concerning dinine and morall Phi-
lofophie ; bur alſo to compile a naturall Hiſtoric
of all verdor, from the Cedar vpon the Mountaine,
tothe moſie yppon the wall, (which is but a rudi-
"ment betvyeene purrefattion, and'anhearbe) and
allo cf all things, that breath or mooue. Nay the
ſame Salomon the King, although he excelled in
the plorte of treaſure and magnificent buildings
of ſ\hippimg and Nawgartion, of feruice and atten-
*danice, of tame and refiowne; and the hke3' yerhee
makethno claime to any of thoſe glories; but onely
to the plotie of Inquiſition of truth : for ſo he fayth
*EXP reſfely * The zlorie of Goil is to tomteale a thing, But
the g/orie of the Kine is ro findit out, asf according
to the innocent play of Children the divine Maic-
ſtietooke' delight tohide hisWorkes, tothe endto
hanethem found our, and 'as if Kinges could nor
' dbraine'4/grearer honour; tharto bes Gods'play-
Fellowes in that' game, conſidering the great com-
- marindement of wits and meanes,whereby nothing
"needeth to be hidderifrom them;

Neither did the'difpenſation of God vatie'inthe
times after ovr Saniſorireame into theworld;for our
Savfour himfclfe did firſt ſhew his power to ſubdue
ignorance, by his conference withthe Prieſts and
'DoQtors of the awe 5 before he ſhevyed his power
H 3 to

7 - p "; [ Lt 6 by .

© -Of the Aduancement of Learning,

roſubdue natureby his miracles, And the comming.
of the holy ſpirite, was chiefly tigured and exprel-
ſedinthe Emilinudc and guitt of tongues; whichare
but Yehicula ſcientie. | PIER :
SointheeleQion of thoſe Inflruments, which it
pleaſed God to vſe for the plantation of the faith,
notwithſtanding, that at the firſt hedid employ per-
(ons altogether vnlearned, otherwile than by in(pi-
ration, more cuidently ro declare his immediate
working, and to abbale all humane wiſedome or |
knowledge; yerneuertheleſle, that Counſell of his
was no ſooner perfourmed, but inthe next vicilsi-
rude andſuecelsion, he did ſend his divine truth in-
ro:the world, wayted on with other Learnings as
with Seruants or Handmaides : For ſo we (ce Saint
Paule, who was only learned amongfſtthe Apoſtles,
had his penne moſt viedinthe (criptures of | 1K
Teſtament. 0
So againe, we finde that many of the ancient Bi-
ſhops and Father of the Church, were exccllently
redde, & ſtudied in allthe learning of the Heathen,
inſomuch; that the EdiQ.of the Emperour 1lianys
(whereby it was interdicted vnto Chriſtians to bee
admitted into Schooles; LeEtures, ar exercifes of
learning) was eſteemedandaccounted a more per-
nitious engine and machinarion againſt the Chriſti-
MG ores all the (anguinarie. proſecutions |
of his Predeceflors; Neither could the emulation *
'and lealouſie of Grezorie the firſt of that name, Bi:
- ſhop of Reme,cuer obtainethe opinion of pictic or
| denorion :

The firſt Booke. BE 21
devotion: but contrarywile receiued the cenſure
of humour, malignitie, and pulillanimitie, euen a-
monegſt holy men: in that he deſigned to obliterate
and extinguiſh the memorieof Heathen antiquitic
and Authors. But contrarewile it was the Chriſti-
an Church, which amidit the inundations of the
Scyrhians, on the one {1defrom the Northweſt: and
the Saraceys from the Eaſt, did preſerue inthe ſacred
lappe and bolome thereof, the pretious Reliques, e-
uen of Heathen Learning, which otherwiſe had
beene extinguiſhed, as it no ſuch thing had euer

beene.
- And wee (ce before our eyes, that intheage of
our ſclues, and our Fathers, whe it pleaſed God to
callthe Church of Romero account, for their de-
generate manners and ceremonies: and ſundriedo- .
Arines, obnoxious, andframed to vphold the.ſame
abuſes: At one andthe ſame time, it was ordayned
by the diuine prouidence,:that there ſhould attend:
withall a renouarion, and new ſpring of all other
knowledges : And on the other fide,, weſeethele-
ſuites, who partly in themſelues, and partly by the
emulation and prouocation of their example, haue
muchquickned and ftrengthned the ſtate of Zear-
ning: welee (Iſay) what notable ſeruice and repa-
rationthey haue done tothe Romane Sea, |
Wherefore to conclude this part, let it bee ob»
ſerued, that there be rwoprincipall duties and ſer-
uices beſides ornament & illuſtration, which Phi-
lolophie and humane. learning doe perfourme to
_ . faith

BY

1: Of the adua teement of learning,

fanchand Religion; The one, becaule they, are. an
effeftuallinducement t9 the exaltation of the glory
of God; For asthePlalmes and orher Scriptures doe
okeninuite vs to conlider, and magnitic.the grear
and -wonderfill workes of God 40 if we {hould
reſt onely in the contemplation of the exterior of
them, as they firſt-offer themiclues 10 our [ences ;
weſhould doalikeiniuric ynzothe Maicltic of God,
as if wee ſhould-iudge or-conftrue.of the ſtore of
ſome excellentleweller, by that onely: which 1s (er
ourtoward the ftrecte/in;his ſhoppe.. T he, other,
becauſethey miniſter a linguler helpe and preſerua-

tine azainſt ynbeleete, and error; For our Saviour
faith} 7 erre not knowing the Scriprnres ner the power.

of God; laying before vs two Bookes,or volumes to

| fdie;if we willbe ſecured from errour.: firſt the

tcriptures, reucaling.the;vy lll of God ; and then the
creatures cxpreſSing bispower;!whereot the Jarer
isakey vntothe former; not-onely opening our yn-
detftanding to conceive the.truelenceot the(crip-

tures; by the cnetanorions of reaſon andrules of

ſpeech; burchicielyopeningour belecte, jindcaw-
ings into:aducmediationotihe omniporencic of
God, which. is chictely;{igned and ingraucn vppon
his werkes: Thus!much therefore for diuinexteſti-
monie and emdence, centerning the true dignitie,
endvalue of learning!; bulb ot. Gn 7

As-forhiwmane proofes;itis {© large afield, as ina
dicourſe of this nature and:brevitie, itis fitrather
vie choi{e-ok:thole: things, ywhich/we ſhall pro-

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duce;thatito embrace thevarieryofthern.Firftther-
fore-in the degrees of humane honour amongftthe
heathen, it was the highefl, ro obtain toa veneration
&® adorationasa God, -T his vatothe Chriſtians is as
the forbidden fruit.Bur we ſpeakenowfſeparatelyof
humaneteſtimonie; according to which,thatwhich
the Grecians call Apotheoſis, and the Latines, Rel4-
roimer dives, was the fupreamehonour,which man
could attribure:mto man; tpecially-when itwas gi-
uen; not by a formall Decree or Act of State; as it
was vicdamongſt the RomaneEmperours; but by
an inward afſent and beleefe'; which honour bei
ſo high, had alſo-a degree'or middlce-rcarme:! for
here vere reckoned aboue humane honours, ho-
' mnour heroycall and diuine: In'theatribution; and
diſtribution of which honours; wee.lee Antiquitic
co this difference : that whercas founders and
vniters of Statesand Cinies, Law-giuers, 'cxtirpers
of Tyrants; Fathers of thepevple; and other emi-
nent perſons in cinile merite, were honoured bur
With thetidles of Worthiesor Demy-Gods: ſuchas
were Hergales,Theſeus, Minos, Rowulus,andihe like :
onthe other fide, ſuch as were Initentors and Au
thors of new Arts;endowments; and commodities
towards mans life, were cuer conſecrated amongſt
the Godsthemſelues,as was C eres, Bacchus, Mercurins,
polls and:others andinfily:torthemernt ofthe for-
mer is confined withinthe circle of anage; or ana-
tion: and is hke fruirfull-ſhowers,, which though
they beprofitable and/good : yer ſerue bur for thar
"22110 i (caſon,

C2 oo SAS

WY i O/ the Adua neement of:Learning,

-fealon;and'for alatirude of ground-where they fall:
But theother isindeedlike the benefits of Heauen,
which arepermanent-and yniuerſall. The tormer

againeismixt with ftrite and perturbation; bir.the

'tater harhthercue Caratter ot divvive preſence;com-
indura:leni} withournoiſc oragitation; _»: -- : 1. 1;

Neither.is certainely that-ojfict merite of leat-
ning,in repreſsing the inconueniences which grow
from manto/man;: much inferiour.torhtformer; of

relicuing the neceſsities whith-ariſe- from nature;
which merice was linely (ct forth'by the Ancients
inthar fayned relation: of Orpherns T heater; where
all beaftsand birds afſembledjand;forgperting their

- ſeucrallapperites; ſome ofpray;ſoine otgame,fome

ofquarrell,ftoodallfbciably rogerher liſtening vnto
the ayres :and-'accords of the Harpe 3.the lound

whereof no ſooner iccaſed, or: was. drowned: by
ſomelowgdernoyſe/ 5. bur cucrieibeaſt returned:to
his vwnenature; whercihisapriy'deſcribed the na-
rreand condition of:men; who arctull of fauage
and vnreclaymeddeltres3:of profite,:of luſt; of re-
nenge; which as long as theygiyecareto precepts,
tolawes, ito religion; vſweetely whlielo-
quence and-perfwalomofHaokes; dbSermwons, .of
haranges 5 ſo long is(ocietie and peace maintained;
bur if theſe inſtruments bee filent ; or that ſedition
and tumulemakerthem notaudible/z :allthinges dil-
ſolue inroAnarchie and Confuſion; © 1tte: 7 2 n

_ © »Butthis appearerhmoremanileſtle, when Kings

themſclues, or perſons of aythocritic Rp. 1

othcr-

. - EE , # ©
<0. 1: BhefirftiBookeg® v1 \33

other Gouernours in common wealthes, and popu-
lar Eftates, are endued with Learning, For although
hemight berhought partiallto hisowne protelsion,
that ſayd, Then (hould peopleand eſtates be happie, when
either. Kings 'were Philoſophers, or Philoſophers Kms :
yet ſo muchis verified'by experience; that vnder
learned Princes and Gouernours, there haue
been-cner the beſt times; for howlocuer Kinges
may haue their imperfections in their paſsions and
Cuftomes3; yet itthey be illaminate by learning,they
hauethoſe Notions of Religion, policie, and mora-
litie; whichdoe preſerue them, and retraine them
from allruinons and peremptory errors & exceſles;
whiſpering enermore in their cares, when'Counſel.
lors and ſeruants ſtand mute, and filent; (and Sena-
tors, or Counſellours likewiſe, whichbeelearned,
doe proceede vpon more fate and ſubftanciall prin-
ciptes ; then Counſellors which are onely-merof
experience”; the ohne ſort keeping danpersafarre
oft ; whereas the other diſcouer them nor, till they
comeneecre hand: and thentruſt to the agilitic of
theirwrir, to ward or attoide them! © '! * | |
Which felicitie of times, vnder learned/Princes,
(to keepe till the Lawe of breuine, by viing the
moſt eminent and (eleed examples) doth beſt ap-
peare in;the/age, which paſſed from the death of
Dowiirianw the Emperour, wnrill the raigne' of Com-
modus: comprehendinga ſucceſsion'of ſixe Scien-
cesalllearned or ſinguler fatourers and Aduancers
of learning : whichage for temporall ——- __ |
np I '2

themoſthappicand flouriſhing, that-ceucr the Ro;
mane- Empire, (which. then was a modele of the
world) emwyed: a-matter reucaled;and prefigured
vator Demtian'ina Dreame, the night before he was
ſlaine3 for' heethoughtthere was growne behinde
ypon hisſhoutders, a necke'and a head. of gould,
which.catme accordingly to'palle. in thaſe golden
times which ſucceeded ;-of which Princes;we will
make ſome-commemoration:wheremalthoughthe
matrer wil bee-vulgar, atid may be thought: fitter
for aDeclamation.then agreeableto@ Treatile info!-
dedasthis iis; yerbecaule it is pertinenttorhepoinr
in hand,N&qas ſemper arcum tens Apells, & roname:
themonetyweretopnakedandeurſorie; L wiltnor
omiriralogerher. '' The firſt was Nerna; the excet=
lent rof whole gouernement, isbyaglaunce
inQarneliss 74th touchedto thelife: Poſtgnandia
#35;N enudires aliprinſoriaber mifoniſfes Iinperis Elie
bertatem>Andiin roken bf his Jearning,the-laſt-AEt
of his ſhortraigne!cſtto memorie, wasa-milkive to,
his adopted ſonne- Train, proceeding! ypon: ſome:
inyard diſcontent;ar/the ingratitudeofiherimes,:
comprehendedingyerſcot #Howers,!- ol

T elis Pl:4be ,vnis, Lathrymas virifcere noſtras,
Traiez,. who-ſucceeded, was for his perſon not:
learned; Bur if wrewillhearken to theifpeechof:
our, Sawieur; that. fayth, thee 4bar recefverh a\PÞro-
pher inthe name of 4 Prophet ;ſball hai: a; Brophers' re-
werd, hee” deſerneth to bee placed) amongeſt-the:
moſt lcaraedPrinces :: forthere way not aigreater:
>, LEE OSS OT - att TO O__

The firſt Booke. UN 282 \Cg4.

admirer of learning or BenefaQor of Learning, a

| founder cf famous Libraries,a perpetuall Aduancer

of learned men to office, and a familiar conuerſer
with learned Profetlorsand Preceptors, who were
noted to haue then moſt credite in Court, On the
orker ſide, how much Traians vertueand gouerne-
ment wasadmired & renowned, (urelyno reftimo-

| | nicofgraueandfaichfull Hiſtory doth more liuely ſer

forth, than that legend tale of Gretorins Magus, Bie
ſhop of Rome, who was notedtorthe extream enuy
he bare towards all Heathen excellencie: and yethe
is reported out of the loue and eſtimation of Tra-
fans morall vertues, tohaue made vnto God, paſsio-
nate and fervent prayers, for the deltuerie of his
ſvoule out of Hell : and to haue obtained. it with a
Caueat that he ſhonld make no more ſuch petitions;
In this Princes time allo, the perſecutions againſt
the Chriſtians recejued intermilsjon, vpen. the cer»
tificate of Plin us ſernxc'rs, a mam of excellent; lears
ning, and-by 7r4/ax aduanced.

Adrian his ſucceſſor, was the moſt -curious man
tharlined,and the moſt vninerſal enquirer:infomuch
as it was nored for an crrour in his mind: that he de+
ſired to- comprehend all thinges ,: and nat-to re-
ſerue himſelte for the worthyeſt thinges,- falling
into the like humour that was long before noted
in Philip and Macedon, who when hee: would
needs 6uer-rule and'pur:downe an excellent; Mu-
ſfitian;in an argument touching Muſique, was well
anſwered by him againe, Gas forbid Sir (faith bee
3H 3 bat

: w+ cn ge iis ar Ha COP "YÞ

+ :Of the Aduancement of Learning,

Fas your fortune ſbould be ſo bad, as to know theſe thin? s
berter than 1; Ir pleaſed God likewiteto vie the cu-
rioſitic of this Emperour, as an inducement tothe
ce of his Church in thoſe dayes : tor having *
»- Chriſtinyeneration, notasa Gudor Sauiour,butas
awonder ornouchie: and haning his picture in his
Galleric, matched with _Apolon;us (with whom in
his yaineimagination; he thought he had ſome con-
formitic) yer1t (erued the turne to allay the: bittes
hatred of thoſe times againſt the Chriſtian name:
ſo asthe Church had peace during his time, and for
his 06579 on ciuile, although he did not attaine
tothatof Trans, in gloric of Armes, or pertecti-
on of Tuſtice: yet in deleruing: of the weale of the
- SubieQ; he did exceede him. For Tratarc erected
many famous monuments and buildings, infomuch
as Cenſ{antinethe Great, in emulation was woont to
call him Parieraris, Wall lower, becauſe his'naime
was vppon ſo-many walles : but his buildings and
workes were more of glorieand tryumph; than vic
and necelsitic: But Adrian (pent his whole Raigne,
which waspeaccable ina perambulation,or Surney
of rhe Romane Empire; giuing order and making
aſsignation,where he went for reedifying of Cities,
Townes,and Forts decayed: and for cutting of Ri-
nersandfireames: and for making Bridges and paſ-
ſages; and for'pollicing of Cities, and Commonal-
ties, with new ordinancesand' conſtitutions :' and
g—_— new Franchiſes /and incorporations: fo
his wholetime was a very reſtauration of allthe
lapſes,

lapſes and decayes of formertimes.
Antonits Pius, who (ucceeded him, wasa Prince

excellently learned; and badrhe Patient and ſubrile

witte of a Schoole man: -infomuch as in common
ſpeech, (which leaues no vertue vntaxed) hee was
called :Cymini Sector, a caruer, oradiuider of Co-
mine \(cede, whichis one of the leaſt ſeedes: ſuch a
patience; hee had and ſetled {pirite, to enter into
the leaſt and moſt exaQ differences of caules :afruit
no doubt of the exceeding tranquillitie, and ſereni-
tic.of his minde; which being no wayes charged or
incombred, cither with feares,remorſes, or {cru-
ples, but hauing been noted fora manof the pureſt

oodnelſe without all fiction! or affeQation, that

ath. raigned or lined : made his minde conti-
tinually preſent and entier ; he likewiſe approached
adegree- neerer vnto C hriſtianitie, and: becameas
wAgrippa>iayd vnto S.,; Paule, Halfe aChiiſtian 3 hol-
dingbletRceligion and Lavy in; good opinion: and
not only ceaſing perſecution, burgiuing waytothe
aduancement of Chriftians;' © [71

| There eceedatiiven the firſt Dini frarres, the
WwWO adopitine- brethren, Ltits- Commons Ferns,
Sonnero tm Yerw,who delighted muchintheſof-
ter kind of learning : andwas wontto callthePoer
Marrtiall his Y 112i: and Marcus Awelins. Anteninus,
whereof the later, whoobſcured his colleague;and

ſoruined himiong; was; named: the Philoſopher :

who'as he excelled all the reſt inleatning, ſo he &x-
cellcd'them likew ic in perſeRion of all royallyer--
VO I. 4 wes;

fy

F, Of the aguancement of lear ning |

trues:infomuch as 7uliarss the Emperor in his booke
intituled,Ceſares,beingas a Paſquillor Satyre,to de-
ride all his Predeceſſors, fayned that they were all
mired toa banquerofthe Gods,and Sylexxs the le-
Met fate at the nieather end of therable,and beflow-
ed aſcoffe on euerie' one asthey came in, but when
Marens Philoſaphns care itn, Sylenus was grauelled,
and out'of comenance, not knowing: where to
carpeathim, ſauear thelaft, hegauea glaunceathis
parieticerowards his vife. ' Andthe vertue of this
Prince continued withthat of his Predeceſſor made |
thenameof CAnronvines fo' ſacred mthe world, that
thoughir'were extreaniely'diſhonoured'in Com-
.modus;Carocolla, and Heliozabalns, who all barethe
-ratne,yerwhien Alexander SearrusrEfuled thename,
becauſe hewasa —_ rothe familie, the Senare
withoneacclamationlayd, 24omodo Auguſtss. ſic
&*, Antoxinus. In fuch'renowne and-venerarion,
awasthenameof theſe two Princes in thoſe dayes,
that they would hanc had itas a perperuall addiczon
inalltheEmperours ftile.- In zhis Emperours time
"alfo;the Church forthe moſt part was in peace, (o
- ax inthis ſequence of ſixe: Princes, we doe (ce rhe
bleſſed effeCts of Learning in ſoueraigneie, painted
'forthinthe greateſt Tableof world. q
Butfor a Tabler or picture of ſmaller volume(rior
;preſutning'to ſpeake of your /Maieftic that liucth)
- it my iudpement-the” moſt excellent! is rhat:of
-Queene Zlizaberh, your immediate Predecefſor in
thisparr of Brir74ine, a Prince, that if Plurarchwere
295] Ig 0: NOW

"4, T he firſt booke. 36
now aliueto write lynes by parallels, would trou-
tlehimlthinke, to find for her a parallel amongſt
women, . T his Ladic was: enducd with learning
in her ſexeſinguler ; and. grace: een amongſt mal-
culine Princes: whether we ſpeake of Learning, of
Language, or of ſcience, moderne, or ancient ;;Di-
uvinitieor Humanitie, And vnto the veric laſt yeare
of her life, ſhe accuſtomed toappointſet houres for
reading, ſcarcely any young Studentinan Vniuerli-
tic,moredayly, or more duly.;As for the, gouerne-
ment, laſſure my ſelfe,[ ſhall not exceed, it Idoe at-
firme, that this partof the Iland,ncuer had 45. yeres
of better timeszandyetnot throughthe calmneſle of
the(eaſon;butthrough the wiſedomot her regimer,
For if there beconlidered ofrhe one (ide, the truth
of Religion cſtabliſhed;the conſtant peace and lecu-
ritie: the good adminiſtration of luſtice, the tempe-
rare vieot the prerogatiue,notlackened, nor much
ſtrayned : the ourithing ſtate of Learning, ſortable

toſoexcellenta Patroneſle;:the conuenient eſtate of
wealth and meanes, both of Crowne and ſubieQ :
the habite of obedience,andthemoderation of dil-
contents: and there be-confidered ontheother (ide,
the differences of Religion, the rroublesof Neigh-
bour Countreys, the ambition of Spaine, and oppo-
frionof Rome; and then, that ſhee was ſolitary, and
of herſelfe : theſe things Hay conlidered: as could
not hauechoſen an inſtanceſo recent and fo proper:
fo,1 ſappoſe, I could not haue, choſen one more

remarqueable, or cminent,. to the purpoſe nowe
ei x "in

>:Of the Adyancement of Learning,
inhandj/ which is-coqcerning'the: coniunftion of

learning inthe Prince,with felicitic in the people,
"A Neither hath Learning an influence and opera-
rion onely-vpottcinilemeritand morall vertue ; and
the&Arts*or remperature- of peace,: and peaceable
gbuefhement? butlikewiſc it hath no lefſe power
and efficacie- in inablement towards marriall and
militarie vertue and prowelſle; as may be notably re-
preſented/in theexamples of _Mexanaer rhe Grear,
and Ceſar the DiAator mentioned before, but now
in fir place to bee reſumed, of whoſe vertues and
AQ in warre, there needes nonote or recitall, ha.
po pb 0d ve of tume'in that kind, - But
of their affeQtionsrowardes learning,and perfeQis
ons in learning, it ispertinent to ſay tomewhar.

-- Alexander was bred and tatight vnder Ari/forle
thegreat Philoſopher; who dedicated diuersof his
Bookes of Philoſophievmohim; he! was/arrended
WithiTalliſthenzs, and diversother learned perſons,
that/ followed him -in 'Campe; throughout his
lourneyesand Conqueſts:whar priceandeltimariot1
hee ha4Jearning' t3'dotls notably appeare in theſe
- - thee& patrievilars* Firſt, intheenuie he vied toex-
po: thar he bare towards chiles, in this, that he

adſogooda Trumpet of his prayles as Homer sVEr-
ſes : Secondly;jiti the indgement orfolution hegaue
ronching3that precious” Cabinet of Pa#ius 'which
was found amotig his lewels, whercofqueſtionwas

made; what thing was worthy tobepurintoir, arid

. he gauc hisopinion for Homerrworkes, Thirdly,in
a. his

1 The fu Bonks.n x 37
his letter to £A71/totle ater heethad ſer forth his
Bookes of Nature; wherein he expoſtulateth with

him for publiſhing the ſecrets or miſteries of Philo-

ſophie, and gaue him to vnderſtand- that himſelfe
eſteemed it more to excellother men in learning &
knowledge, than in power and Empire. And what
vic he had of learning,doth appeare, or rather ſhine
inallhis ſpeeches and an(weres, being fullot{cience
and vſe of ſcience, andtharinall varietie, |
And herein againe, it may ſeeme a thing ſchola-
fticall, and ſomewhat idle torecie things that euery
man knoweth; bur yer,lince the argument Thandle -

leaderth- mee thereunto, I am glad that men ſhall

perceive I am as willing to flatter (if they will ſo
call it) an Alexander, or a Ceſar,or an Anroninns, that
are dead many hundreth yeeres ſince, as any that

* now-lineth -: for it is the diſplaying:of the glorie
of Learning in Soucraigntie that 1 propound to

my ſ(elfe, and not an humour of declayming in any
mans praiſes. Obſerue then the ſpeech hee vied of
Diggencs, and ſec if it tend not to the true ſtate of
one of the greateſtqueſtions of morall Philoſophies
whether the enioying of -outward thinges, or the
contemning of them bethe greateſt happineſle ; for
when he ſaw Diozenes fo perteAly contented with
ſolittle : he ſayd tothoſe that mockedat his condi-

tion: Isere 1not Alexander, I would wiſhro be Dioge-

nes. Bur Seneca inuerteth it, and fayth; Plus erar,
quod hic nollet accipere, quam quodille poſser dare. There
were more things which Diozenes would bane refuſed gh

2 F hoſe

©:Of the aduancement of learning,
ehoſowere which Alexander could hane giuen or entoyed.
'Obſerae again that ſpeech which was vſuall with
him T har beefel his morraliry chiefely in pwa thinges,
Sleepe& Loft: &ſeeit it werenoraſpeech extracted
out of the depth of naturall Philolophie, and: Iiker
to have comenout ofthe mouth of ,171/forie, or
> Soi rv Rte ernlionn® poi
»>Seeagaine that ſpeech anitiean le!
when vppon the bleeding of his wounds, hecalled
vnto him'one of his flatterers, that was wont to a-
{cribe to himdiuine honor,and ſaid ;Looke,r his i very
bloods thisis nor [uch 4 _ as Homer ſpraketh of which
__ hand, when it was piercedbyDiomedes,
| Seelikewiſe his readineſſe inreprehenlion off.6-
pique, inthe ſpeech hee vied ro.Ceſſanaer, vppon a
plainerhar was made againſt his Father At/p4-
re#9 for when Alexander happed to lay : Dod/ you
thinke theſe" #1en' wou!d hane come from fo farre to
wplaine , 'extept» they had tuft w_ of friefe ? and
Crſtander aniwered, TY ea, chat was rhe marter, becauſe
they \tboughr they ſhould not bedifprooued ; fayd Alex-
anter langhing:' See the fubritvies of 4riftaricy ro-rgke
az matter both WAYer, Pro&97* Contra, ©.

+ Burnoteagaine how welthe could vie the ame
Art;/which hee 'reprehendet to ſerve his owne
kiimor,when bearing a ſecrergradge to.Calkfthencs,
becauſehe was apainſt thenew ceremonicof his a-
goration: feaſting one night,wherertheſame Callsſ?-
henes wasartthe table: ir wasmooucd by ſome after:
ſupper,for encerrainomentſake.tharCall/henes who

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was an cioquent man, might ſpeake of ſome theam®
or purpoleat his owne choiſe, which Ca/iſthenes did;
chuling the praiſe ofthe Macedonian Nation for his
diſcourſe, & performing the ſame withſo good ma-
ner,as the hearers were much rauiſhed: wherupon
Alexander _—_— pleaſed,layd: It was eaſie tobe elo-
quenr, vpor ſo 0004 4 ſubice? : Bur ſaith hee,7arne your

ile,andlet vs heare what ou can ſay againſt vs: which
Cz/hthenes preſently yndertooke, and did withthar
ſtinge & life; that Alexander interrupted him,&ayd:
T he roodneſſe of the canſe made him eloquent before: and
aiſprel t made him cloquent then againe. |

Conlider further, for tropes of Rhetorique, that

excellent vic of a Metaphor or tranſ]ation, where:
with hetaxed Apr/parer, who wasan imperious and
tyrannous Gouernor: for when one of nriparers
friends commended him to Alexander for his mode-
ration ; that he didnot degenerate;as his othier Lick
tenants did intothe Perſian pride, in vic of purple;
but kept the anciethabir of Macedon,of black; 77ye
(anh 4/cxander)but Antiparer is all purple within, Or
thar other, whetr Parmenio came tohim inthe plaine
of 4rbella, and ſhewed him the innumerable multi-
tude of his enemies,ſpecially as they appeared bythe
infinite number of lights; as it had beene anew hir-
mament of ftarres; and thereupon aduiſed him to
aſſayle them by nightwhereupon he anſwered;Thas
ke wonld nor ſtealetheVitforie. Ay

For matter of policie, weigh that ſignificant diſtin>
Qion ſo much inal ages embraced,that he made be-
rween his two friends Epheſtion and Crazerws,whE he:

oo

2 Of the Aduancement of Learning,

layd, That che onc loved Alexander, and the other leued

the King ; deſcribing the principall diflerence of |

Princes beſt ſeruants, that ſome in affetion love *Þ

their. perſon; and other-in, dutie loue their crowne.
Weigh alſo that excellent taxation of anErrour

ordinarie with counſellors of Princes, that they

counſell their Maiſters according to the modell of

their owne mind and fortune, and not of their Ma-

ſiers, when vpon Darius great offers. Parmenio had

ſaid : Surely, 1 would accept theſe offers were 1 as Alex-

ander : fayth Alexander ,. So would 1, were 1 as Par-

Pero.

-.. Laftly, weighthar quicke and acute reply, which

he made whenhe gaue lo large gitts 10 his friends,

& ſeruants, and was asked what he did reſerue for

himſelfe, and he anſwered, Hope: Weighlſay,whe-

ther he had not caſt vp his account aright, becauſe

Hope muſt bee the portion of all that reſolue yppen

eat emerpriles. For this was Cezſars portion, when

e went firſtintoGavsle, his eſtate being then vrer- *

ly ouerthrowne with Largeſles : And this was like-

wiſethe portion of that noble Prince, howlocuer

tranſported with ambition, 'Zenry Duke of Guiſe,

of whom it was vſually iayd: that he was the great-

eſt Vſurer in Frawnce, becaule he had turnedall his |

eſtate ito obligations. :
Toconclude therctore, as certaine Cririques are

vicd to ſay hyperbolically: Thar if all Scienres were

loſt they might bee found in Virgil: So certainely this

may be layd truely; therearethe prints, and Rar

8; >| 2 ÞS

Md 11 517 hs pil: Doakes v1 \1) 29

ſteps of learning inchole fewe ſpeeches, which are
reportedof this Prince. T he admirationot whom,
when I conſider him, not as Alexander the Great,
butas 4riorlesScholler,hathcarryed me too farre,
As for 1ulius Ceſar the excellencie of hislearning,
needethnotto be argued from his education, or his
companie, or, his ſpeeches : but 1n a further degree
doth declare it felte in his writinges and win
whereoflome are extant, and permanent, and ſome
vnfortunately periſhed : For, hrſt we ſee there isleft
vnto vs that excellent Hiſtorie of his owne warres,
which he entituled onely a Commentarie, wherin
all ſucceeding times haue admired thefolideweight
of matter and the recall paſſages,and liue!y Images of
- ations, and perſons expreſled in the greateſt pro-
prictic of words,and perſpicuitie of Narration that
eter was - which that it was not the effe& of a
naturall guift, but of learning and precept, is well
witneſſed by that worke of his, entituled De Amalo-
214, being agrammaticall Philoſophie, wherein hee
did labour to make thisfameYox adplacirum, tobe-
come Yox ail licitsm': and” to reduce cuſtome of
ſpeech,to congruitie of ſpecch,and tooke as it were
the pictures of wordes, from thelife of reaſon.

So wee receiue from himasa Monument, both
of his power and learning, the then reformed com-
putation of the yeare,well exprelsing,that he tooke
it tobeasgreat a glorie 10 himſelfe, ro obſcrue and
know the law of the heanens, as tro gme law to men

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So likewiſe in that booke of his _/nricaro, it may
eaſily appearethar he did aſpireas well to vitorie of
of wit,as vitory of warre: vndertaking therein a

conflitagainſtthe greateſt Champion withthe pen.

thatthen lined, Cicero the Orator.

Soagainein his Booke of Aporhe2mes, which he
collected, weleethat he eſteemed it more honour
to-make himſelte, but a pairc of Tables, to take the
wiſc and pithy words of others, than to hauc cuery
word of his owneto be madean Aporhegme, or an
Oracle ; as vaine Princes, by cuſtome of flatterie,
pretend todoe. And yet if 1 thould enumerate di-
uers ot his ſpeeches; as 1 did'thoſe of Alexander,
they arerrucly ſuch as S«/omon noteth, when hee
layrh; Ferba ſapientum tanquam acules, © tanquant
clautin alrum + 12 mowed [ wil onlyrecitethree,
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withthey were ſolurpriſcd, croſſed, and confuſed,
asthey would not ſufter him to goe onan his ſpeech,
bur relinquiſhed their demaunds, and made it their
ſuit,to beagaine called bythe name of Ailites..
'\Thelſecond ſpeech was thus : Ceſar did extream-
ly affeft thenameof King; and ſome were (ct on as
he paſſed by, in popular acclamation to ſalute him
king; whereupon finding the crieweake and poore;
he put it off thus, ina kind of Teſt, as ifthey had mil-
takenhis ſurname; 'Non Rex ſum, ſed Ceſar, a ſpeech,
thatif & be ſearched, the life and tulneſle of ut, can
(carce be expreſſed : For firſt it was arelulall ofthe
name, but yer not ſerious :Againe A4t- Gieligniica
inhnice confidence and magnanimiic, as if he pre-
fumed Ceſar was the greater title 3-as by his wor-
thineſle, it is come to paſle tillthis day: but chictely,
it wasaſpeech of preatallurement toward his owne
purpole: ay if rhe State did ſirine with him, bur for
aname;- whereof meane families were veſted :, tor
Rex. Was a ſurname with the Romares, alwell as
King is With vs. 0 2 > "1 309v
. Thelaſtectch, which will mention, was yied
to Metellys,: whenCefar;aker warre declared, did
poſleſle him(elfe of the Cirie of Rome, at which
time entring into the inner treaſurie, to take the
the-monney' there - accumulate, -Merelks being
Tribune: forbad him + whereto Ceſar layd, That
of bee did not deſiſt, hee would laye' him dead in the
place: : And preſently taking himſelfe vp, hee
added : TY ounz man it is harder for me 30 fpeake it,

Z than

O Df the Aduancement of Learning,
thim to doe its, Adoleſerns, darins eft mibi; hoc dicere,
qnim facere. A ſpeech compounded of the grea-
teſt terrour,and greateſt clemencie, that could pro-
ceedevittdt thamourhiof manyv> 00 hu
-"Biitroretfiene and concladeawihhim, iris evi-
dent him(&lfe knewe well his owne perfeCtion in
Tearning,and tooke ie vpon him4yasappeared,when
vpon occalion;that ſome ſpake, whara ftrange reſo-
luribirir WaSin Luvs Sth, ro tefignehis Dictarure;
heſcoffing at him;tohis owne dduatitape,anſwered;
That Sylla cornld not shillof Letters; and therefore knew
nor how ro Diffare, Go alt 0,

And hereirierekeroleauethioponncouching
the concurferiee'of millitarie:/vermme/and leartiing;
(for whit exattipleſhould come withany grace, af-
cer thoſe two, ofi-AMexander and Ceſar) were it not
in t&>ard-of the rarenefle of circumftance; that :1
fide Hvorie ther Particular; vas thar which'did' ſo
ſMenly paſſe, from'extreame (corne;torextreamne
wonder: and itis of X-ophon the Philoſdpher,who

Utorver cms "thi Younger; agairift KihBii Hrrax-
be? This. nawplorattharriine; Was: verieyong,
andinever hadſeche the Warres before : nether

had anycommaundin the Armic,bur onely follow:
edthe Warre,"as avolmtatie, forthe loneandicon-
werſatiorrof Praia hivfriend': hee was preſent
when Fatoureame in Meſſage from thegreat King,
to the Grecians's after! that 'Cyrms was ſlaine inthe
field; andthey ahandfull of menleft tothemſclues

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inthe middeſtof tht Kings Territories,cat off from
their Country by many nauwgable Riuers,and many
hundred miles : The Meſlage imported, that they
ſhould deliver vp-their Armes, and {ubmir them-
ſelues49ihe Kings mercy;To which Meſſage before
anſwere. was made,diuers ofthe Army coterred fa-
miljarly with Falinwus ; and amongſtthereſt Yenophon
happened tO lay *i// hy Falinu:, we hane now but theſe
rwo rhinpes left 3igur Armes; andurertue: and if we
Yeeld vp our Armes, how (hall we make uſe of our Vertne?
Whereto - Falinrs ſmiling on him, ſayd 1}, / be not
deceiued, youns Gentleman, youdroean Athenian; and i
beleene, you indie Philoſoplyie, and it is prersy #hat you
ſay 3 but. yow.aremuchiabsſed, if you rbinkeyour vertne
can withſtgndthe Kings power ; Here wasthe ſcornes |
the wonder followed; which-was;thatthis young
Scholler, or Philoſopher. aker all the; Capraines
were murthezed, in parlye-by treaſon,cgonduRed
thoſe ten Thouſand foote, through the.heart of all
the Kinges high Coumreys from, Babilon tOGrecia 1n
faferie, in, delpight' of all, the Kings forces,tothe a-
toniſhmenr of the world, andthe enrguragement
of the Greeians in times faecceding;co; make inya-
ſion. vpon the Kings of Perſia 5 as was after purpoled
by 14/0: the T heflalian 3, atzempred by 42/4 aus the
Spartan, and atchiened by. 4/ex4an/er the! Macedo-
atan;all,yponthegroundobthe Act of that young

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' Toproceedenow from imperiall and militarie
vertue; toimnorall and prinate vertue; firſt, it is an al-
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ſured rrith; which itcontainedin thEverſess''
Stilicet mvenuas aidiciſſe fuleliter arres,”'
| Emuollir mores nec ſany eſSe feros,
I -Trraketh thewildneſſe and barbariſme and
1 fierceneſſe of mens minds:butmdeed theaccent had
| need be vpon;deliter. For @ lictle ſuperficiall lear-
ning doth'rather werkea contrary ef; It raketh
away allleuitic, temeritie,and- inſolencie, by copi-
ous ſuggeſtion- of all-doubrs and difficulties, and
acquiaintingtheminde to ballance reaſons-on both
| fides, and to trurne backe the firſt offers and con-
ceits of the minde," and to acceprot nothing but
exainined"and wryed; It raketh away vaine ad-
micarion-ob any* thing, which is the roote of all
' Weikeneſſe;” For allthingsareadmired, either be«
canſetheydfehew/or becauſe they are grear, For
nouelty,no'man that wadethin learning or contem-
_ theoughly; bur willfind that printed in his
ear P"Ndfwdi ſuper yerram t Neither can any-man
maruaileat rhe play of Puppets, thar goeth behinde
the curtanteandaduiſerh well of the Motion, And
for-iriagnitade; "as: lcxarder the Great; after
that hee was vied ro-grear Armies, andthepgrear
Conqueſts*of the ſpations Proninces' in 4%,
when hee receined Letters out of Greece; of ſome
fights andferuices there, which were commonly
for a'paſage, ' or a'Fort, or fome walled Towne
at the moſt, heſayd:; r ſeemed ro him, chathe'wss
advertiſed of the bartailes of the Frop s, and the Miſe,
that the ould rales went of. So cettainely, if a man
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meditate tauch vppon the vniuerſall frame of na-
ture, the carth with men vppon it (the diuineſſe 0
ſoules except) will not feeme much other, than
an Ant-hill, whereas ſome Ants carrie corne, and
ſome carrie their young : 'and ſome goe emptie,
and all roo and fro, alittle heape of duſt, It raketh
a\ay, or mitigaterh feare of death, or aduerſe for-
rune: which 1s one of the greateſt impediments
of vertue, and imperfeftions of manners, For
if a mans minde, be deepely ſeaſoned with the con-
fideration of the mortalitie and corruptible
© nature of thinges, hee will calily concurre with
* Fpiderus, who went foorth one day, and ſawe a
woman weeping for her Pitcher of earth, that
was broken ; and went foorth the next day,
and\ ſawe a. woman weepinge 'for her Sonne
that was deade, and thereuppon layde : He-
x/, vidi fratilem frangi , hodie vidi mortalem' mo-
ri, And therefore Yirzill did excellently, arid
profoundlye couple the knowledge of cauſes,
and the Conqueſt of all feares, together, as
Concomitant.

Felix qui potuit rerum coonoſcere cauſas,

nique merus omnes, © inexorabile farum

Subjecit pedibus, ſrepirumque Acherontts auari,

It were too long ro goe oner the particnlar reme-
dies, which learning doth minifter, to all the diſea-
ſes of the minde;' fometimes peller nao hu-
mours, ſometimes opening the obſtructions, ſome-
times helping digeſtion, ſometimes encrealing
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! appdtite;-ſomtimes healing the wounds and cxulce-
' rations thereof, and the hike; and thereforel will
' conclude with that which. hath rarionem rorizs 3
IS _* Which is, that it diſpoſerth the conſtitution of the
Fa. | minde,nottobe fixed or {cried inthe detets there-
- | of; butſtilltobe capable, and (uſceprible ofgrowth
and reformation, For the-ynlearned: man knowes
not,whatic is todeſcend into him(clfe,orto cal him-
{glfe toaccgunt,nor the pleaſure af; that Suau/ma
Vita, indies ſemrire. ſe fiert meligrews: T he good parts
hee hath, hee will learne to ſheyy rothe tull, and vie
them dexterouſly, butnormuch to encreaſethem:
Thefaultshe hath, he will:learne hoxy to hide and
colourthem, burnormuch toamend them like an
ill Mower, that mowes onflill, and neuer whets his
Syth: whereas, with the learned man,itfaresother-
wiſe,that he doth cuer intermix the correctionand
- amendmentof hisminde, withthe vſe and employ-
b. [mentthereof:; Nay further ingeneralland in um -
certain it is, that Yeritas,and'Boxrras differ, but as the
Seale and the Prinr:-for Truth prints Goodneſle,
and they be the cloudes of Error,which deſcend in
theſtormes of paſsions and perturbations.

From morall vertue, let ys paſſe onto matter of
wer and commandement, and conlider whether
inright reaſon, there be any comparable with thar,
wherewith knowledge inueſteth, and crowneth
mans nature; Weſce the dignitie, of the-comman-

demeng, is according; to. the dignitie of the com-
-maunded: to haue commaundement quer Res
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Heard-men hay, is a thing contemprible: tohaue
commiandemſent ouer- children, as Schoole-Maſters
haue, is a matter of (mall honor : to hauecomman-
demerit ouer Gally-ſaues, is a difparagement,rather
than an honour. Neither is the commaundemenr
of Tyrant, much beuer ouer people, which haue
pur off the Generolitic of their mindes: Andthere-
tore it was euecr holden, that honors infree Monar-
chics and Common-wealths, had a {weetnefle more,
than in Tyrannies, becauſe the commandement ex-
tenderh more ouerthe wils of men; and not only o-
nertheir deeds and (crnices. And therefore when
VYirzillpatteth him(elfe forth ro attribute to. 4v2uſtus
Cſar the beſt of huumnane' honours,” hee dothir in
thele wordes ? £

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- - "Per populos; Hat tra; viamue affettar Olympo:
> Bat yer the commandemenr' of knowledge, is
yet higher; than the commandementouer the will:
for it is a commaundementouer the reaſon, beleete,
and vnderſtanding of man, which isthe higheſtpart
of the tninde, and giuerh lavyrothe willit telfe; [For
there is no power oncarth, which ſettethvpathrone

- or chaire of Eſtate inthe, ſpirits, and ſoules of men,

and in their cogitations,imaginations,0pinions, and
befcefes:' butknowledgeand learning. And there-
fore wee fee thedeteſtable and'cxtreame pleafure,

that Arch:hereriques, and fa/fe Praphers,and Impo-

ſors arerranporred with, whenthey oncefinde in
theniſclues; thatthey haire a ſuperioriie/inthefaith
T5291 - E-4 | and

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and:conſcience'of men; (o great, as if they haue
once taſted of it, it is ſeldome ſcene, that any tor-
rureorperſecution can make them relinquiſh or a-
bandonc'ir; Bur as this is that which the Author of
che Revelation, calleththe depth or profoundneſſe
of Sathan: ſo by argument of contraries, the iuſt and
lawtfull foucraignetie ouer'mens vnderſtanding, by
ce of truth; rightly interpreted, 1s. that whichap-
proacheth neereſt to 'the {tmilicude of rhe diving
rule... HLGIO') ©
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of earning, is nor fo catinedto gine fortuneonly.to
ſtates and: Common-wealthes :. as it dothnot like-
wilc giue fortune to; patticular perſons, |For it was
well noted long agoe, that Homer hathgiuen more |
mentheir liuings; than cither Sy//a, or Ceſar,or Au- |
eaſtus ener. did notwithſtanding 'theic great lar- *'
gels, and donatiues, and diſtributions of Lands ro '

o many legions. Andno doubt,it is hard toſay,whe- |

ther armes orlcarning haucaduanced greaternum- |
bers. And in'caſe of (oueraigntte, wee (ee, that if |
armes'or deſcent haue carriedayay the Kingdome: |
yet learninghathcarryed the Pricſt-hood, which e&- '
gerharhbeen in ſome competicion withEmpire, - *
\. Againe, for the pleaſure and delight of know- |
1edgeandlearning, it farre furpaſſerhall other inna= |
cure: for ſhallthe pleaſures of the affeRQions ſo ex-
ccede theſences, as much as the obtayning, of de-
fire or 'vitoric, exccederhaſong, ora dinner? and

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Jef or, inderſtanding exceede the pleaſures of the

afteQions? welee inall other pleaſures, there is fa-
cietie; andafter they be vied, their verdour depar-
tcth; which (heweth well, they be bur deceits of
pleaſure, and nor pleaſures; and: thatirwasthe no-
veltic which pleaſed, and not thequalitic. Andther-
fore we ſee, thatvoluptuous menturne Friers; and
ambuious Princesrurne melancholy. But ofknow-
ledgethere jsno facictic, bur ſatisfationand appe-
rite; are perpetually interchangeable ; and therefore
appeareth to be good in it ſelfe{imply, withour-fal-
lacie, or accident. Neither is that pleaſure of ſmall
efficacie, and contentment-ro the minde: of: man,
whichthe Poet Zycrerius deſcriberhelegantly,

;- Suaue marimma:uo,turbantibus equoravenris:@c,
| Ir is a view of delight (fayth he) 30 ſtand or walke wp+
pon the ſhoare ſide, and. 20 ſec a Shippe toſſed with rene
peft upon he fea 3: or go bee ins a forrified Tawer,, and 0

incomparable for rhe minde of mn ro bee ſetled, landed,

and fortified in thecertaintie of truth ; and fromrh ence

ro deſerie and behould the errours,perrurbationslabiurs,
and winderints vp and dawne of. ovher men,» +
Laſtly, leauing the vulgar arguments,that bylear-
ning, man-excelleth man inthat, wherein man ex-
celleth beafts ;that by learning manaſcendethcothe
heayensand their motions ; where in bodic he can-
not come; and the-like ; ler vs. conclude withthe

dignitie,and cxeellency of knowledgeandicarning,

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whictr is:immoraliticor-cominuance ; foritothis.
tendeth generation, and rayſing othouſes and fami-
lies; tothis buildings foundations,and monuments,
to thisrendeth rhe defire of \memorie, fame, and'ce-
cbration;andincffett, the ſtrength of all otherhu-

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mane: delires; wee fee then howefarrethemonu-
mens of witandlcarning, are 'moredurable; than
the monuments of power, or othe handsiForthave
nat;the' verſes of . #247. continued? 25 hundred
yeares, or more, withour the loſe of a hillable,' or
lecter: during which time, infinite Pallaces;, Tem-
Þles, Caſtles, Citics have been decayed, anddemo-
liſhed f [ris nor poſsibtero hauecherrue pictutesor
ſtatuaes of gyrus, LAlrxander,.Cafur ;no nor of the
Kings, or great perſonages of much later yeares;
for \'5 originals cannotlaſt; andthe copies-cannot
bur lecſe of the life and-rruth, - But the Images of
mens witsand knowl remaine in Bookes, ex
empted:fromthiee wrong oftimeand capable of per-
zernall renouartion :* Neither are they firlyro be cal-
dlmages, becauſe they generate ſtill, and caſt their
ſeedes inthe mindesof-others, pronoking andcat-
ſing infinit aQtionsand opinions, in ficceeding ages,
Sothar(if the'inuentionof theShippe was thought
ſonoble, which carrycth riches;and commodities
fromplacero place, and: conſociateth the moſt re-
moteregions in parricipation of their fruits? how
muchmorearcletrers tro bee! magnified, which'ss
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Murninations; ftmd invehtions theEoe of: thE' other?
Nay farther 'wee ſee, ſome of the Philoſophers
whichwerelcaſtdinine, and moſt immerſed in the
(ences, and denyed generally the immortality ofthe
fouls; yet care rothisporritythat Whatfoter moth.
ons'theTpirite of man conld a&t,' and?perfotrrme
wi:hout the Organs of the Bade,” they thought
might remaineaſer death j Which were'6nly thoſe
of the vnderſfnding; and\rioe of the&affetion ; (0
immortall and incorruptibie'a thirig did knowledge
ſeceme vntothem to be:But we that knoyy by diuine
revelation, that not onely the vnderſtanding , bur
the affeions purified , not onely the ſpirire,
tut the bodie changed (hall be aduanced to immor-

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thatin probation of the dignitic of knowledge, or
learning, I did inthe beginning ſeparate diuine teſti-
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will be impoſsible for me by any Pleading of mine,
roreuerſe the indgement, either of «E/ops Cocke,
that preferred the Barly-corne,before the Gemme ;
or of Mydas, that being choſen Iudge, berweene
Apollo Preſident of the Muſes, and Paz God of the
Flockes, iudged for Plentic : or of Paris, that iudg-
ed for Beautic, and loue againſt Wiſedome and
Power : nor of .{:rippina, Occidas mar rem,mddo in
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2) THE SECOND

Booke of Francis Bacon; of
the proficience or aduancement
of Learning , -Diuine and
; Humane,

To the Rong.

'T mightſcemeto haue
more conuenicnce ,
though it come often
otherwiſe to paſſe,
(Excellent King)that
thoſcwhichare fruit.
fullintheir generati-
ons, & hauc in them-
ſelues the foreſight of
ILmmortalitic,in their
e more carefull of the
-good cſtatc of future times; vn:o which they know
-they muſttranſmitte and commend ouer their dee»
reſtpledges, Queene Fizabeth was a ſoiourfiter in
the worldin reſpeR of her vnmanies lite: and was
a bleſſing to her owne times, & yetſo astheimprel-

ion of her good gouernement, beſides her happic
| Aa MEemorte,

Of the aduancement of learning

memoric. is not without ſome effet , which doth
ſuruiaeher. But to your Maicſtic, whom God hath
alreadic blefled with formuch Royall iſſue, worthie
to continueandrepreſent-youfor cucr : and whoſe
yourhfull and fruitfull bedde doth yet promiſe ma-
nic thelike renouations: Ir is proper and agrecable
to be conuerſant, notonly in the tranſitory parts of
good gouernment : but inthoſe acts alſo,which are.
in their nature permanent & perpetuall, Amongſt
the which ( if afteftion do not tranſport mee, ) there
isnotany more worthie, thenthe further endowe-
ment of the world with ſound and fruitfull know-
ledge : For why ſhould a fewe receiued Authors
ſtand vplike Hercules Colamnes beyond which, there
ſhould be no ſayling, or dileouering,fince wee haue
ſo bright and benjgne aftarre, as your Ma: tocon-
duQtandproſperys? Toreturnetherefore where
weeleft,itremaineth to conſider of whatkind thoſe
Acts are which haue bene vadertaken,& performed
by Kings and others, forthe increaſe-and aduan:ce-
mentof learning , whereinT purpoſe to ſpeake ac-
tively without digreſſing ordylating.
Let thisground therfore belayd; thatallworkes
UE QuarcOmEn by amplitude of reward , by ſounds»
nelle of dixection,and by the coniunttion of labors,
The firſt multiplycth cndeuour,the ſecond preuen-.
ecth gror,and the third ſupplierhthe frailty of man.
But the principal of theſc 1s direQion: For Claude in»
wa, antevertit curſorem extraviam : And Salonion
excellently ſettethit downe; If the 1ron be not ſharpe,

T he ſecond borke. 2

it requireth more ſirength : But wiſedome & that which

exaileth; t1gnifying that the Inuention or eleion
of theMeane, is more cffeQuall then anie inforce.
ment or accumulationof endeuours. This Iamin-
duced ro ſpeake , for that(nort derogating from the
noble intention of any that haue beene deſeruers
towards. the State of Icarning)I do obſcrue neyer-
thelefle, that their workes and Acts are rather mat-

ters of Magnificence and Memorie , then of pro. .

grefſion and proficience , and tende rather to aug.
ment the maſse of Learning in the multitude of

learned men , then toredctific or raiſe the Sciences

themſclues.

The Works or Acts of merit towardslcarning are
converſant aboutthree obieRs, the Places of lcar-
ning ; the Bookes of learning; andthe Perſons of
the learned. For as water, whetherit bethe dewe of
heauen;or the ſprings of the earth, doth ſcatter and
leeſe it ſelfe inthe ground, except it be collefted
intoſome Receptacle, where it may by vnion,com«
fortand ſuſtaine it ſelfe 8 And for that cauſethe In
duſtry of Man hath made &framed Spring-heads,
Conduits, Ceſternes,and Pooles,whith men haue
accuſtomed likewiſe ro beautifie and adorne with
accompliſhments of Magnificenceand State,as wel
asof vſe and neceſſitie : Sothis excellentliquor of

knowledge, whether it deſcend from divine inſpi-
ratien,or ſpring from hamaneſenſe , would ſoone
riſhe and vaniſhe to oblyuion , if it were not
preſecrued in Bookes, Traditions,Conferences,and
S Aa 2 Places

ack SANE: Colle > ang:
| t the receipt & comforting of the awe,
-Fbe : edt which concerne Be Scates ow oY |
ces of learning, are foure, Foun s, and Buyl-
din x *-1 1 cntogks nt momma nts
-wit Franchizes and Priuiledges, Inſtitutions 1s and ;
Ordinances forgonernment, Sil tending to- quiet,
neſſeand priuateneſle of life, and diſcharge of cares
andtroubles, muchlikethe Srations, which _
preſcribeth for the hyuing of Begs:-+ | -.
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© Jooke 'ynto that parte of the Race , which is be=
* fore-vs: z then looke backe to that which is alrea-
—dicateained. |

i» Firſt therforeamonegſt ſo many great Foundari-
ons of Colledges in Exrope, I finde ſtrange that they
© arcall dedicated to Profeſſtons,and none left free to
Artes and Sciences at large. Forif men iudgethat

- fearning ſhould bee referred roaQion, they iudge
well : butin this they fall intoche Error defcribed

inthe ancicnt Fable; in which the other parts of the
* body did fuppoſe the ſtomache had beene ydle, be.
© cauſe iencytherperformed the officeof Motion, as
Fthelymmcs doc , or of Sence, as the head doth :

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Rutyct.notwithRtanding itis the Stomache that di.
3 neftc hand diſtributeth to all thereſt: Soif any man
EMhinke Philoſophie and Vniuerſalitie tobeidſeS
ics ; hee doth not conſider that all Profeſſions are
"from thence ſcrued,, and fupplyed, And this Itake
\ to beeagreateauſe that hath hindered the progreſ-
- fionof learning, becauſetheſe Fundamental know-
-Tedges haue bene (tudiedbur in paſſage, For if you
will hauc a tree beare more fruitc then it hath vſed
-todo,itisnotany thing youcan do to the boughes,
" buticisrheſtyrring of the earth, and putting newe
” moulde about the rootes , that muſt worke ir.

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of Foundations and Dotationsto profeſſory Lear-
ning, hath not onely hada Malignealpe®, andin-
fluenceypon the growthof Scyences,but hath alſo Þ
bee I al to States and goucrn For |
ence it proccedeth that Princes finda ſolitude, in
regard of able men to ſerue them in cauſes of e- }
ſiate, becauſe there is no education collegiate , |
which is freezwher ſuch aswereio diſpoſed, mought
give themſelues to Hiſtories, moderne langua-
es., -bookes of pollicicandciuile diſcourſe, and
other thelikeinablements vnroſeryic: (
And becauſe founders of Colledges doe plant,
and founders of Lectures doe water.: it followeth
welinorderto ſpeake of the defeQ,which isinPub-
lique LeQures: Namely,in the ſmalneſle and mea-
nefle of the ſalary or reward which in moſt places
isafſigned vntothem: whether they be Lectures of
Arts,or ot Profefſions.For itisneceſlary tothe pro=
reſſion of Scyences,thatReaders be of the moſt a-
leand ſufficient men, as thoſe which are ordained
for generating, and propagatingofScyences, and
not far tranſitorie-vic. Thiscannot be,except their
condition, 8 endowm@tbeſuch,as may c6tent the
ableſt man., to appropriate hiswhole ove, and
continue his whole agein thatfunRion and atten-
dance, and therefore muſt haue a proportion an-
ſwerabletothar mediotritic or competencieof ad-
uancement,v hich may be expected from aProfeſ.
fion,orthe PraQtize of a Profeſſion:Soas,if you wil
hauc Scyences flouriſh; 'you muſt ebſerue Daxids
& . military

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military lawe,which was,T hat thoſewhich /lajed with
the Carriage, ſhould hane equall part with theſe which
waeinthe Adion: elle will the carriages beullagten-

: SoReadersin Scyences are indeede the Gar.
dyans of the ſtores and. prouifions-of Scyences,
whence men in actiue comlesare furniſhed , and
therefore ought to haue equall entertainment with

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them; otherwiſeif the fathers in Scyenccs be of the

weakeſtſort,or bei[ maintained. |
1" Et Patrum invalid referent ieiania nati, _
- Anotherdefed I note, whetrin Iſhallneede ſome
Alchimiſt to helpe me, who callvpon men to (cll
their Bookes, and tobuild Fornaces, quitting and
forſaking Minerva, .and the Muſes, as barreyne vir»
_oes; and relying vpon Y#/can . Butcertaineitis,
tyntothe deepe, fruitefull, and operative ſtudie
of many Scyences, ſpecially Naturall Phyloſophy:
and Phyficke, Bookes be not onely the Inftrumen»
tals ; whercinalſo the beneficence of-men hath noe
beencaltogether wanting : for weſee, Spheares,
Globes, Aſtrolabes, Mappes,and the like, haue bene
pronided, as appurtenancesto Aſtronomy & Col
mography, as well as bookes: We ſee likewiſe, that
- fome places inſtitured for Phyfacke, haueannexed
the- commoditie of Gardeins for Simples of all
ſorts; and dolikewiſe command the vie of dead Bo-
dies for Anatomyes. Buttheſe doercſpeRt buta few:
things. In generall, there will hardly beany Mayne
pro cience in the diſcloſing of nature, exceptthere
elomeallowance forex rimers;
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onto Ariſtotle of treaſure for theallowance of Hun- |
ters, Fowlers, Fiſhers and thelike, that he mought |
compile an Hiſtorie of Nature,much better dothey |
deſcrue irthattrauailesin Artsof nature,
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ornepleRin thoſe which are Gouernours in Vni- ©

uerſities,of Conſultation, 6in Princes orſuperior
perſons, of Viſitation : Toenterintoaccountand

.conſideration,wherther the Readings,cxerciſes,and
other cuſtomesa yning vntolcarning, aunci- |

ently begunne,andfince continued, be well inftitu>
tedorno, andrthereuponto ground anamende-
ment, or reformation in that which ſhall be found
mconuenient, For it is one of your Maieſtics |
owne moſt wiſe and Princely Maximes, that in a/!
ſages, and Preſidents, theTimes be conſidered wherein |:
they firſt beganne, which if they were weake,or ignorant,
4#t derogateth from the Anthoritie of the V ſage , and lea-
weth it for ſuſpe&, Andthereforc inas much,as moft

7 ofthe viages,- and orders of the Vniuerſitics were
» derived fro morcob(curetimes,it isthe morerequi-
» iſire, they be reexamined. Tn thiskind I will giue an

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ihſtance ortwo for exiple ſake,ofthings that are the
moſt obvious & familiar:The oneis a matter, which
though it bee ancient and generafl,yet T hold to be
anerrour A which 4 , that prey; in rem ties
cometoo foone , & too vntipe to Logicke & Rhe.
toricke; Arts fitter for Graders then children, and
Nouices : Fortheſe two rightly taken, are the gra-
neſt of Sciences, beeing the Arts of Arts,the one fox
Iudgement, rhe other tor Ornament: And they be
the Rules & DireQions , how toſet forth 8 diſpoſe
matter: 8&therfore for mindes empric & vnfraught -
with matter,& which haue notgathered chat which
-Frero calleth Sylu4a and Sepelies, ſtuffe and varieticto
beginne with thoſe Artes (as ifone ſhould tearneto
weigh,orto meaſure,or to paintethe Winde) doth
worke but this effe& : that rhe wiſcdome of choſe
Arts,which is grear,&yniuerſal, is almoft madecon-

.. temptible,8& is degenerate into childiſh Sophyftrie,

& ridiculous affeation, And further,chevnrimely
tearning of them hath drawen on by conſequence,
the ſuperficiallandynprofitabletcaching & writing
_—_— finterh indeed tothe capaciry of childre ;
nother,isa lacke 1 finde in theexercifes vſed in the
Vniuerfiries , which do make togreata diuorce be..
tweene Inuention& Memory:for theirſpeeches are
either premeditarein Yerbs concepts, where nothing
islefcto [nuention,or meerly Exremporalh,where lit-
gleisleftro Memory: wheras inlife & a&tion,therc is
te of cit h herof intermixtures
-@fpremedication,8: Invention: Nores & Memorie.
22011 B b So

1%, Of the gintveementaf earning

ex in not the pratize; northe [-
Wy Ang! It4Scucr atruc rule inexerciſes,

n as ncre as may.beto the life of
| tot PEA: they do peruentthe Motions,
xd faculties ofthe Minde, and notpreparethem,
herruth-whereotis not obſcure , whouSchbllars

come mew the practiſes of profeſſi ons,orather ations

Lf as1h
rag

of ciuilllife,. ch whca they ſctintog;thiswant-is
ſnonefound by themſelyes,. Leer by others:
But Dig 4c the oo" mag 3a of clic Inſti.

W ttc | eclulcoic Wah nor to Oppins and Balbns,
Hee.q penned

nit, & , y_

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nother detec which I note; aſconderk alitle
fe When the precedent. Forasthe proficience of
Wk Foie throuch intheorders and inſtituti-
basof V niuerlings, in the ame Stares & kingdoms:
Soit would bee yet more aduanced,; if therewere
mc ore Int igece Mutualberweene the V.ninerfities
of Ewopethennowthercis, Welſcegtherabemariy
rders and Foundati6s, which though theytbe de.
uided vnder (cueral] ſourraignties, &territories;
they take themſcluestohaucakindof aus 8
ternitie,& correſpondence, one withtheather, in.
fomuch a s.the have Provincials and Genetals.
And forel as Nature cxeateth Brotherhood in Fa-
milies,6 Arts Mechanicall contract Brotherhoods.
*n.COm mani. andgg Anoyntment of God ſus
pcrinduceth-

4 rn i ant: ave, rebuus rage,

PR a Brotherhood in Kings & Biſhops:So
like 'manner there cannotbutbeea fraternitiein
learhing andillumination, relating tothat P aterni-
tie, whictisattributed-ro God, who iscallcd che Fa-
_ ther of illuminarionsor lights.

- Thelaſtdefet which 7 wilnote,is;that'there hath
not becn, or very rarely been,any PubliqueDelig.
nation-of Writers or Enquirers, concerning fuch
parts otknowledge,as may appearenat to haue bin
alreadiefuthciently{aboured or yndertaken 1, vnto
which pointitjsan Inducemet, toenterintoaview
andexamination , what parts-of learning haue bin
proſecuted, and whatomittedy For the opinion-.of
plemic:isamongt thecauſts of want ; and the great
uantitic of Bookesmakethaſheweratherof ſuper.
fliriechenlacke; which ſurcharge nevertheleſſeis
notto be remediedby makihg no more bookes;btit

gs 7 we MOTT

by making more good books, whichastheSerpertof
Meſenmoughtdevonrthes 1 FEET TS Pe owns
*'Theremouving|bt :ajtthe:defoBts tormerly-enu:
merare, except the laſt; andvoFtheatwepartalſoof
thelaſt(which is the deſignationzof Writers) are'0-
per Baſilica ; towards which the endeuorsofa pri-
vare'man may be, 'but asan Imageinacrofſe way;
tharnizypormnrar:the way [but cannot goe it, Bur
the inducing pare of - the latter {which is the
ſuruay! of Learning); may bce-fet-forwarde by
priuate-tranailez [Wherefore T willnowattemptto
7pen

erall and faithful perambailation of lear-
ning,with an inquiry whatpartstheroblyt freſhand
Bb 2 walſt,

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waſt, -andnotimproued &.conuerted bythe Inidu+

ftrieof man; to the endthat ſuchaplone madeand:

recordedtomemoric, may both miniſter bght to a-
nic publique deſignation : and alloſcrueto excite
volu ntary endeuours;wherin ncuerthelofle my pur
pole isatthis time; tonote onely omiſſions and de-
ficiences; and notto make anyredargution of Er-

rors,or incomplete 5 ad Lg Foririsonething:

ro ſerforth whargroundlyethvnmanured ;; anda-

notherthingto comet busbandry inthat which

rs manured. .. |

"Inthehandling remdercakin ofwhich woika,
_ am not ignorant, wharitis, that doe now mooue
atrempt, norinſcnſibleof mincown weakenes,

eo cofultinery ;\Barmy hopEis,thatif m
reameloucto carriemetoofarre lanes
obiatabthe excuſe of

ton; for that1t # not grams
tedto man to lone, and to bee wiſe.

canvieno ot | Tadgumapat, then] muſt
Ro otheds;'&T- beindifferent-
liegladeytherto' perforinemy ſelte, oraccepttrom

another, thardunie of humanitic : Nam quierrents
comiter mon#Hrat vians: m_ I docforeſec likewiſe,
thatof rhoſethings; which Iſtiallenter & Regiſter,
bd hon. demo Manyw
and cenſure; me ISA readiedone &
devon otherstobee burcurioſitics, andthin of
nogrearvſe: andothers wbecof ro greatdiff,
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eheparticulars. For the laſt, rouchingimpoſsibitiric,
Feakeitgthoſe things are tobee deld poſtible which
_ mitybe doneby ſome perſon, though not by cuerie
one and which may be done by'many,though not

| © KA : and which maybe done in ſucceſsion
ages, though not within rhehouce-glalleot one
mins lite: 'and which:may bedone by publique de-
. Ggnation, though not by private endevour, ' - But
notwithſtiding, ifany Man willcaketo himſelfe ra-
therthar of S$:ilomon,.Dicit preer, Leveſt imine, then
that of Virgil, Poſt, quiz poſſe videhtn#? I ſhall be
content that my labours bee 'cſteemed}, but as the
better ſorte of wiſhes : for asit askethiſomeknow.
ledge to demaunda-queſtion;'riatim

t impertinent ; ſo
itrequitcth ſome ſenſe,to makea wiſhnotabſard.

”Hut Parr s of humane learning have refe-
” rence to the three parteyof Mans vnderftan»
ding, whichisthe ſcate of Learthinge Hir's-+ 6x x
to his 'MaMory', Por'srn to his! Twx6'r-
warion:'and Purrosornlte tohis R eas
50n: Diaine learning receiueth the fame diſtribu.
tion, forthe Spirit of Man isthe ſame: thoughthe
Reuelation of Oracle and Senſe be diuer(e: ''S6as
Theologie confiſteth alſo'of H 1's r ox'1x/ of the
Church, of Panapuns, which is Diaine Poeſte:
and of holie Docrraine or Precept.” For as
fortharpart, which ſeemerh ſupernumerarie, which
is Propbecie + itis but Divine Hiſtorie't which hath
that prerocatiue ouer humane , as the Narration
my

beforethefa&, aſwell as after.
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the generall. Nate ioddoaringrorio:deſaribeday d
repreſcntcd fromapmtipegyas many haut donethe
works of Nature, Gcahe: SeatcciuileandEcclefiaſti-
erywiinoue whichthe Hiſtory of cheworldfeemeth
rome, to bras the-Sraumeat Rohphemwe with his eye
out;tharpathbacingwantivg, which dorh moſt ſkew
thelpitk, lSotkenerſani AntyetI amnot
ignorant diners particular ſciences, as of the
lun Mathbematicians,heR betoricians

tb downſome fmalme-
earns hog _—_—

ſo likewiſe ſome barrenrelations touching the In-
uedticoFArts,oryſages.Þut aiult ſtory of learhing,
.comainingthe Advquities &Otiginall ofKnow-
1-9ges,8theirSeryicirdangnyans bit T raditf-
ansghetr diyrrſe Adminiftrations, and Managings;
theirFlauriſhings:,: their Oppoſitions, Decayes;
NepinSonaNhlicianes Remoyes;-with the cau«
Sam oongonn

tt O_o
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on; fromitheardifarycburſeofGenetatibes, Pro» Erratic.
diitions,& Motions,lictherthey be fingylarities
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© nf pp Ir A jon-tp{generall
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fabulous Expcriments,8&Secrets;and-frivolous ms
poſtures for pleaſure and ftrangencſſe/,.. But-a
fubſtanciali:; and ſeuere Collection of the H:x x, 2.
boic. tir f;orlyrkitg x.4.5:R50f; Nair nekn,
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e033tdÞ:tr For.

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onceonfoote , 'whatby reafonof thenegleR of cx-
amination ,, a and countenance-of Antiquitic , and
what by xeaſon of thevſc of the © in.ſitni-
liegdes | and ornaments of ſpeeche, itis ST
ted downe.

-"Thevſe of this worke, honoured with a pre-
fidentinArfforke, isnothinglefle, thento giuc con»
tenement ro the: apperite of Curious and-vyaine
wirtes as the manner of iM'1zxap1Lariteas is
todoe ': Bur for twoo Reaſons , both of greate
waight/:The one to correct the parcialitic of Axt-

omes ; and Opinions: 'whichare. commonly fra+

med oticly vppaticommon/andfamiliarexamples :
Theother, becauſe fromthe Wonders of Nature,
is theneereſt Intelligence and paflage towardes the

Wondetsof Atte : Forit isno more, butby follo.
| \ winggaduslewere; hounding Natureit her wan-
drings ; tsbceable toleade her aftetwatdestothe
fine 1 place againe. Neyther am T-of opinion in
-this'' HIV+0 fy of MaDiinbCare, that ſuper-
ftitious: Nartations of Sorceries , Witchecraftes,
Dreames, Dininations:, andthelike; wherethere
is'an afſurance , and' cleere evidence of the fa,
bealtagether excluded. - Forit is not yet - knowne
in what caſes , and how farre, cffeesartributed to
ſuperſttion;,do participate of Naturali caufes : and
thereforehowdbenr theprattife of ſucuthings is
2 o breCondetricd) ;/yct fromthe Speculationand
con(ideration

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fideration of them, light may betaken, not onely
forthe diſceraing of the offences, bur forthe fur.
ther diſcloſing of Nature : Neither ought a Man to
make ſcruple of entring_ into theſe things forinqui-
fition of truth, as your Maicſtic hath ſhewed in
yaurownecxample : who with the two cleere eyes
of Religion and naturall Philoſophy, hauc looked
deepely and wilely into theſe ſhadowes, andyer
proued your ſelte to be of the'Nature ofthe Sunne,
which paſſcth through pollutions, and it (eKfere-
mainesas pure as before, ButthisI hold fit, that
theſe Narrations, which haue mixture with ſuper.
ſition, be ſorred by themſclues, and not-to be min-
led with the Narrations, which are meerely and
Encerely naturall. But asforthe Narrations tou-
ching the Prodigies and Miracles of Religions,
they are either not true, ornot Naturall ; and
therefore impertinent for - the Storie of Na-

'TUCC.

For HISTORY of NATVR E Ziſtoria ®

WROVGHT, or MECHANICALL, Michani.

Ifinde ſome Colleftions Made of Agriculture,
and likewiſe of Manuall Arts, but commonly
with a reieQion of experiments familiar and vul-
gar. Foritis eſteemeda kindeof diſhonour vn-
to Learning, to deſcend to enquirie or Meditati-
on vppon Matters Mechanicall; except they bee
ſuch as may bee thought ſecrets, rarities, and

ſpeciall ſubtiltics : which humourof vaine, and
C c - ſupercilious

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ſupercilious Arrogancie, is juſtly deridedin Plato:
where hee brings in Hippiesa vanting Sophrſt, dil:
puting with Secrates.a truc and vntained inqui.
ſtor of truth , where the ſubic& beeingtouching
beautie, Socrates, atter his wandring mannerof In.
duRQions, put fiſtan cxampleofa faire Virgine,and
then of a faire Horſe, and then of a faire pot well
olazed, whereat Hippries was uftended , and ſaid,
More then for curteſies ſake, bee did thinke much to diſ-
prtewithany , that didalledge ſuch baſe and Sordide
inſtances, whereunto Socrates anſwereth ; you haue
reaſon, , and: it- becomes you well , beeing 4 man ſo
trimme in your veſliments,, &c... and ſo goeth on
inan Ironic. Burt the truthis , they bee not the
higheſt inſtances, rhargiue theſecureſt informati-
on; as may bee well expreſſed inthe tale ſocom-
mon. of the Philoſopher, thatwhile he gazed-vp-
wardes to the Starres, fell into the water : forif
hce had looked downe hee might haue ſeene the
Starrcs inthe water, but looking aloft hee coulde
notlee the water in the Starres :'So it commeth
vftento paſſe, that-meare and ſmall things diſco-
uergreat, better then great can*diſcouerthe ſmall:
and therefore Ari/torie noteth well, tharthe nature
of exery thing is beſt ſcene in his ſmalleſt portions, and
forthar cauſe hee enquireth the nature of a Com-
mon-wealth , firſt in a Family, and the Simple.
Coniugatiosof Man and Wife, Parent,and Child.
Maiftcrand Seruant, whichare in cuery —_
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Euen ſo likewiſe the nature of this great Citie of the
world and the policie thereof, muſt bee firſt ſought
in meane concordances, and {mall portions : So we
feehowthar ſecret of Nature, of the turning of 1-
r0n, touched with the Loadeſtone, towardes the
North, was found out in ncedelsoft Iron, notin
barresof Iron. '

Burt if my 1ndgement bee of any waight, the
vicofHISTORIEMECHANICAL , isof
all others rhe moſt radicall, and fundamentallto-
wardes Naturall Philoſophie, ſuch Naturall Phi-
lolophic, as ſhallnot vaniſh ia the fume of ſubrile,
ſublime, or delectable ſpeculation , but ſuch as
ſhall bee operatiue tothe endowment, and bene.
firof Manslife : for it will not onely miniſter and
ſuggeſt for the preſent, Many ingenious praQtizes
in all trades, by a connexion andtranſferring of the
obſcruations of one Arte, tothe vſie of another,
when the experiences of ſeuerall miſteries ſhall
fall vnder the-confideration of one mans minde :
Bur furder , it will giue a more true, and reall i]-

| Jumination concerning Cauſes and Axiomes,then

is hetherto attained. For like as a Mans diſpa-
ſirion is neuer well knowen, till hee be croſſed,
nor Proteus ever chaunged ſhapes , till hee was
ſtraightened and held faſt : ſo the paſſages and vari-
ations of Nature cannot appeare fo fully in thelt-
bertic of Nature, as in the trialls and vexationsof

Arr.
— Cc 2 For

F Or Cirvits HriStoRy, itisof three kinds,
not vnfitly to be compared with the three kinds

of Pictures or Images : tor of Pictures or Images,
wee ſee ſomeare Vnfiniſhed, ſome are parfite, and:

ſomeare defaced : Soof Hiſtories , wee may finde

threekindes, Mz MoR1altLisS, PaRreirTEr Hui

STOR1itsS, andAnTliqQviTIzs: for MEn o-
*1AL Ls are Hiſtorie vnfiniſhed, or the firlt , or
rough draughts of Hiſtoric, and ANTIQ VI-
TIES are Hiſtorie defaced, or fome remnants of
Hiſtory, which haue caſually eſcapedthe ſhipwrack
of time.

MEMORIALLS or PREPARATO-
RY HiST ORY areof two ſorts, wherot the on ma
betearmed COM MEN TARIES,&theother
REGISTERS: COMMEN TARIES

arethey which ſct downe a continuance of the na»

ked eucts & aQios, without the motiues ordeſignes,
the counſells, the ſpeeches, the pretexts the occaſi-

ons,and other paſſages of action: for this is the true
nature ofa commentarie(though Ceſer in modeſtic

mixt with greatneſſc, did for his pleaſure-apply the
nameof acommentaric to the beſt Hiſtorie of the
world) REGISTERS arecolleRiosof Publique
Aqts , as Decrees of counſell, 7udiciall procees-
dings, Declarations and Letters of eſtate , Oratis
ons , andthelike , withouta perfect continu-
ance, or contexture of thethreed of the Narrati-

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induftirious perſons by an exact and ſcrupulous dili.
genceandobſeruation, out of Monumets, Names,
Wordecs, Proucrbes, Traditions, Priuate Recordes,
and Euidences , Fragments of ſtories, Paſſages of
Bookes, that concerne nat ſtorie, and the like, doe
faue and recouer ſomewhat.from the deluge of
time.

Intheſe kindes of vnperfeR Hiſtories 1 doe af>
figneno deficience, for theyare tanquam imperfect?
Mi/ia, and thercforeany deficience inthem is bur
their nature. As for the Corruptios and Mothes of
Hiſtorie, which are Epitomes, the vie of them de-
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Hiſtories,and wrought them into baſe and vnproti.
table dregges.

HISTORY which may be called I1VST
and P AR FIT EHiſtorie,is of three kinds, accor.
ding tothe obiet which it propoundeth,or preten«
deth to repreſent:for it citherrepreſetetha TIME,
ora PERSON;oran ACTION. The fiſt we
call CHRONICLES, Theſecond LIVES,
and the third NARRATIONS, or RELA-
TIONS. Of theſe although the firſt bee the
moſt compleate and abſolute kinde of Hiſtorie,and
hath moft eſtimation andglory : yer the ſecond cx-
celleth itin profitand vie , andthe third in veritie

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rerh the magnitude of Aftions, &the publique faces
and deportmersof perſons ,& pafleth ouer infilence

rheſ{maller paſſages and Motions of men and Mat-
ters, Butſuch becing the workemanſhipof God,
az he doth hang the greateſt waighe vpon the ſmal-
leſt Wyars, Maxima 2 Minimis ſuſpedes,ut comes ther-
forcto paſſe, that ſuch Hiſtories doe rather ſet forth
the pompe of buſines, then the true and inward re-
ſorts thereof. But Lives ifthey-be well written, pro-
pounding tothemſclues a perſon torepreſent, in
whomactions both greater and ſmaHer.publique &
priuate haueacommixture; muſt of necefſitic con-
rainea more true, natiue,and liuely repreſentation:
So againe Narrations , and Relations of attions as
the War of Peloponneſus, the Expeditioof Cyrus Mi-

nor,the Conſpiracie of Catiline, cannot but bemore |

purely and exactly true, then HISTORIESof
TIMES, becauſethey may chooſe an argument
comprehenſible withinthe notice and inftruions
of the Writer: whereas he that andertaketh the ſto-
ry of atime,ſpecially of any length;cannot but meet
with many blankes, and ſpaces, which hee muſt be
forcedrofill vp, ourof his own wit and coniecture.

Forthe HISTOR Yot TIMES, (I meane
of ciuilHiſtory.)the prouidenge of God hath made
the diſtribution : forit hath pleaſed God to ordaine
and illuſtrate two exemplar States of the worlde,
tor Armes , learning , Morall Vertne, Policie,
and Lawes. The STAT Eof GRECIA, and
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of occupying the MID DLE PART of timc,

baue more auncienttothem, Hiſtories which may
by one common name, be tcarmed the ANT I-

QVITIES ctthe WOR LD, andattcr

them., Hiſtories which may bee likewiſe cal.
led by the name of MODER NE. HIST O-
RIE.

Nowe to ſpeakeof the deficiences: Astothe
HEATHEN ANTIQVITIES of the
world,itis in vaine to note them for deficient : de-

ficientrhey are no doubt, conſiſting molt of fables

and fragments :. but the deficience cannot bee hol-

pen: for Antiquiticislike fame, Capt inter nubila

condit , hcr head is mutfled from our fight:Forthe
HISTORIE of the EXEMPLAR
STATES, it is extant in good perfection,
Not bur 1 could with there were a perteRt Courſe
of Hiftoric for Grecia. from. T hefens to Philopamen,
(what time the affaircs of Grecta drowned and
extinguiſhed in the affaires of Rome ) and for Rome,
from Komulzs to Juſtinianus, who may be truly
(aide to be Y{imas Romanorum, In which ſequences
of torie the Text of T hucidides and Xenophon in the
one, &the Texts of Linias, Polybiue, Saluitius,Cefar,
Appianas,T acitns, Herodranus1nthe otherto be kept
intyre without any diminutio at all,and oncly to be

ſupplicdand continued. But this is Matter of M ag-

nificence, rather to be commended then required:
and

Of the adurmcement of kearnin J4

and wee ſpeake nowe of parts of Learning ſupple.
mentall,and not offupercrogation, |
""BurforMoDdzxNE HisroRres, where.
of thereare ſome fewe verieworthy, but the grea- |
ter part beneath Mediocritic, leauing the care of '
forreyne ſtories to forreyne States , becauſe I will |
not bee Curioſus in aliens lice, Icannot faile |
ro repreſent to your Maicſtie , the vaworthinefſe |
of the Hiſtorie of Eneglende"inthe Maine continu- ©
ance thereof, and the partialitic, and obliquitic |

. ofthatof Scotland, inthelateſt and largeſt Author |

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thatl haue ſcene; fuppoſing thar it would be ho- ©
nourfor your Maicſtie , anda worke very memo- |!

rable,if this land of great Britranie, as it is now ioy- |

nedin Monarchie forthe ages to-come : Sowere '

toynedin one Hiſtoric for the times paſſed, after |!
themanner of theſacred Hiſtoric , which draweth
downetheftoricof the Tenne Tribes , and of the ©

Two Tribes, as'Twinnestogether, Andifitſhall 2

ſeemerhat the greatnefle of this worke may make |?

itleſſe exaQtly performed , there is an excellent Pe- |!

riode of a much ſmallercompaſſe of time, asto the

Rtoricof Eng/andthatis to ſay, fromthe Vniting of

the Roſes,to the Vniting ofthe Kingdomes : a Por. |!

tiooftime wherin, tomy vndcrſtanding,there hath |

'bin therareſt varieties,that in like number of ſuccel-
ſi6s of any hereditary Monarchic hath binknown: |
For ir beginneth with the mnt Adeption of a |:

Crowne, by Armesand Tytle: Anentry by Bar- |

taile, an Eſtabliſhmentby Mariagez and therefore |
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times anſwerable, like watersaftera tempeſt, full of
working and ſwelling , though without extreami-
tieof Storme, but well paſſed through by the wiſe-
dome of the Py/ote, being one of the moſt ſufficient
kinges of all the number. Then followcth the
Raigne ofa King, whoſe actions howſocuer con-
ducted had much intermixture with the affaires of
woe : balancing and inclyning them variably,
in whoſe time alſo beganne that great alteration
inthe State Eccleſiaſticall, an ation which (cldome
commeth vppon the Stage /; Then the Raigne of
a Minor, thenanoffter ofanvſurpation, (though it
was but as Febris Ephemers). Then the Raigne ofa
Queene Matched with a Forreyner : Then of a
Queene that liuedſolitary,and ynmarried, and yet
her goucrnment ſo maſculine, as it had greater im-
prefliom, and operation vppon the States abroad,
then it any waics recciued from thence; And now
laſt,this moſt happic,and glorious cucnt,that this I-
land of Brittany deuided from all the world,ſhould
bee vnited initfelfe ; Andthat Oracle of Refi gi-
uen to e Meneas, Antiquam engquirite Matrem,(hould
nowe bee performed. and fulfilled vpon the Nati-
ons of Exglandand Scotland, beingnow revnited in
the auncient Mother name of Brittany, asa full
periode of all inſtabilitie & peregrinations : So that
as it commeth to paſſe in Maſsive bodics, that
they have certaine trepidations and wauerings bc-
fore they fixe and ſettle : So it ſeemeth , that
Dd by

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©: Of the aduancement of learning

bythe prouidenceot God,” this Monarchy before
itwastoſettlein your Maieſtic; and your generati-
ons , (in which I hope it is nowe cſtabliſhed for

eucr, ) it had theſe prclufiue changes and varie-.

ties.

-For LIVES, Idoc-finde ſirange that: theſe
times hauecſolitle eſteemed the vertuesof the times,
as that the Writings of liues ſhould be cio morxefre-
quent. For although there be nor many ſoueraigne
Princes or abſolute comanders, andihatStares are
moſtcolleQed.inroMovarchics;yetarethere many
worthy perſonages;thardcſerue better then diſper-
ſed report,or barren F/ezies: Forherein the Inucn-
tionof one ofthe late Poets is proper,and doth well
inrichtheauncientfiction;for he taineth, thatatihe
endoftherthreed orIebbeof cuery mans life,there

was alittle £Meda!t containing;the Perſons name,

and thatT ime waited vpon the ſheeres, and aſſoone
as the threed was cut,caughtthe Medalls,and carrie
edrhem tothe Riucr of Zethepand abour.thebanke
there were-many Birds flyifhg-vpand downe, that
would get the-Medals and carry them in their Beke
a little while, and thenletthem fall into:the River,
Onely there were a feweSwannes ,\ which if they
gota Name ,would-carrie itto a Temple, where
it was conſecrate. And although -many men
more mortall in theirafteRions , :1thentntheir bo»
dies, docefteeme defireofname and memory,but
asa vanitic and ventoſttie, | LR
Arimi nil magnalandis egentes :
Which

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Which opinion commeth from that Root, Ver pri-
ws laudes contempſimus , quam landanaa faceredeſivis
mus:yert that will notalter Salomonsiudgement, af e+
moria Tuſti cum lundibus,at improriinomeputreſeet:The
oneflouriſheth, theothereither columeth to preicr
obliuion,orturneth toanillodor: And therefore in
thar ſtile or addition;which is & hath bin long well
receiued,and broughtin vic, Feticirmemorie,pie me.
morie bone memories, wedoacknowledgethat which
Cicero ſaith, borrowingattro Demoſthenes, that Bona
Fama propria poſscſ1t0 defuntforuwm, which paſlefhon
I canorkut nate; that in ourtimesitlicthimuchwaſt
-and that thercimthere is a-Deficience.

For NanxkaATIoONS and REetatiaNg
of particular ations, therewerealſo to bewiſheda

preateridiligencetherein;forthere 15no great acti. Ang lerum m Rel

on bur hath' ſome- good penne» which attends it.

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"And becauſe itisan/abilitienotcommonto Write /**'" _
'ag00d Hiſtory ; 'asmay well appcare by the ſmall © 00T

number of them: yerit particularitic of ations me.
morable, were buatolerably reported as they paſle,
the compiling of a:complete H 1's To's 1's of
T yr = s/ mought be the better expeRted,' whena
Writer ſhould ariſe that were fitforits forthe collo-

Rion of ſuch relations mought be as a Nurſery gar-
dein, wherebyto planta faire and ſtately gardein,
.whcentimethouldfſeruec; 1 |

*''- Thereis yet anothetportion of: Hiſtoric which
*Cornelixs T acitus maketh,whichis notto be forgotte
91511 nr 1, Did 200! 351i , Jſpecially

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In Of the aduancement of learning

ſpecially with that application, which heeacconu-
pleth it withal, AN NALSaadlO VRNALS,
appropriating co:theformer, Matters of eſtate, and
tothe later, Acts, andAccidentsof a meaner Na-
rure. For giuing buta touch of certaine Magnifi-
cent Buildings, he addeth,Cowex _—_— populs Ro-
manirepertwn ſit., res illuftresannalibus., talia dinrus
wrbis Attis mandare So asthereisa kinde of con-
templatiue Heraldry,as wellas Ciuill + And as no-
thing doth derogate. from the dignitic of a ſtate
morethen confuſton of degrees ; So it-doth. nota
letle.imbaſe the Authoririe of an Hiſtoric, rointcr-
mingle matters oftriumph, or matters of ceremo-
ny , ormatters of Noueltic, with matters of State,
ButthevicofaIovnanar rr hath not onely been
inthe Hiſtoric of Time; bur likewiſc inthe Hiſtoric
of Per{6s,and chicfely of ations; for Princes in an-
cierittime had vpon point of honour and policic
both, Tournalls kept, what paſſed dayby day: for
we (cethe Chronicle which was red before Abeſſu-
erss, when he could nattakereſt, contained matter
of affaires indeede,butſuch as had paſſedin his own
time,and very latelybefore, Butthe Io:vnanai
of Alexandershouſee ed euery ſmall particala.
ritic,cuen concerning his Perſon and Court: andit
is yetanvyſe wel receiued inenterpriſes memorable,
as expeditions of Warre, Nauigations;and the like,
to keepe Dyarics of that which paſſethcontinually.
I cannot likewiſe bee igaorant of a forme of
Writing, which ſome graue and wile men er
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'vſed,containing ſcattered Hiſtory of thoſe aQtions,
which they have thought worthy of memorie,with
lirique diſcourſe and obſeruation thereupon;not
1ncorporate intothe Hiſtory, but ſeperatcly,and as
the moreprincipall in theirintenti6: Which kind of
RvmuinatreDd Hrsroxy, Ithinke more firto
-placeamongft Bookes of policie, whereof we ſhall
-hereafter ſpeake, then amongſt Bookes of Hiſtory:
for itis the true office of Hiſtory to repreſent the e-
uents themſelues, rogether with the counſels, and
toleaue the obſeruations,and concluſions thereup-
-6n,to the liberty and facultic of euery mans iudge-
ment : Bur Mixtures , are things irregular, whereof
no man can define.
> *- Soalfvisthere anotherkinde of Hiſtory mani-
= -foldlymixt, andrhatisHrsrony of Cosuo-
> 0x a» nx y,beingcompoundedof Naturall Hiſtory
© -inreſpetoftheRegions themſelues, of Hiſtory ci-
> <uill, mreſpeRofthe Habitations, Regiments,and
' Manners of the people, and the Atarhematiques in
. reſpeRtofthe Climatrs, and configurations towards
' the Heauens, which'partof learning of all others in
-thisfattertime hath obtained moſt Proficience. For
'it tay be truly affirmed to the honor of theſe times,
-andina vertuous emulation with Antiquitic, that
this great Building of the world, had neuer 15ron2h

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: Ulic ſerarubens accedit lumina veſper, yet that mought
beby demonſtration, andnotinfac, and if by tra+
vaile,it requireth the voiage but of halfe the Globe. |
But to circle the Earth,as the heauenly Bodies doc, |
was not done,nor enterpriſed, till theſe later times: *
And therefore theſetimes may iuftly beare in their
word, not onely Plus witrainprecedence of thean-
cient Non witra,and Imitabile fulmen, inprecedence

of theancient : Non imitabile fſulmen,
Demens qui nymbos et non imitabile ſuimen, Cc. F7
Butlikewiſe, -- [mitebile Calum: |

- in reſpet of the many memorable. voyages-at-
. terthe manerof heau&,about the globe of the earth.
| __ AndthisProficience in Nauigation,. and diſco.
uerics,may plant alſoan expecation of the furder
. proficience, and augmentation ofall Scyences,be-
cauſeitmay ſcemetheyare ordained by Gadto be
: Coevalls,that is,to meete in one Age, For ſothe Pro-
/ ; Pher Daxjelſpeaking of the latter times foretelleth:
eGNtoyobe-. Plurami pertranſibunt , & Multiplex erit Scientia,asif
the openneſle and through-paſlage of the world,
andtheencreaſc of knowledge were appointed to
be in the ſameages,as we ſee itis alreadyperformed |
in great part, the learning of theſe Jater times not |
- much giuingplaceto the former twoPeriods or Re-
turnesof learning, - theone ofthe Greclans, the 0-
. ther of the Romanes. 2 gems”

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roxrYotPrRoePHEcrttE&HIsTORIEOtPRO-
y1DuNCcCu : Thic fiſt deſcribeth the timesot the
militant Church;whether itbe luQuat,as the Arke
of Neab,or moueablegas the Arke inthe Wildernes,
oratreft,as the Arke inthe Temple, Fhatis,the ſtate
ofthe Churchia Perſecution, in Remoue, and in
Peace. This part I ought in no ſort to note as defici-
ent, onely I would the yertucand finceritic of ir,
were accordingto the Maſle, andquantitie. Butl
ain not now in hand with cenſurcs, but with omiſc
ſions. |
Theſecond,whichis HISTORY of PRO.
PHE CIE, confiſfterh oftwo Relatiucs, the Pro-
phecic, andthe accompliſhment:and therefore the
nature of ſucha worke ought to be,that cucry pro-
hecie of the Scripture be (arted with the eucnt ful.
filling the ſame, throughoutthe ages ofthe world,
both forthe better confirmation of faith, and for
the better illumination of the Church, touchin
thoſe parts of Prophecics, which arc yetynfulfilled:
allowing neuertheleſſe that Latitude ,. which is a-
reable, and familiar vntodiuine Prophecies, bee
ingof the-natnre of their Author, with whoma
thouſande yearcs are but as one day, andthere-
fore are not fulhlled punQually,, at. once, but
haue- ſpringing and germinant accompliſhment
throughout many ages , though the -height or

faulncſic.of them may rcferre to ſome one age: |
This

Of the aduancement of learning

Hiſtoria Thisisa worke which 1 finde deficient,butistobee
Propbeti- done with wiſedom,ſfobrictic,and reuerence,or not
P at all. |
(4, Thethird, whichis His roxyrof Pzxovi-
| - Þ ® xc n,contaifeth that excellet correſpondence,
Mandi hoc T7 fr which is betweene Gods revealed will, and his (c-
cret will: which thoughir be ſo obſcure, asfor the
moſt partitis notlegibletothe Naturall Man ; no,
nor many times tothoſe that behold it from the Ta-
bernacle : yet at ſometimes it pleaſeth God for our
berter eſtabliſhmene , and the confuting of thofe
which areas without God inthe world, to write it
in ſuch Text and Capitall Letters, that, asthe Pro-
pher faith, He that runneth by,may readit:thatis,meere |
ſenſual perſons, which haſten by Gods 1udgements,
andneuer bend or fixe their cogitations vpon them, |:
are neuertheleſle in their paſſage and racevrgedto |
diſcerneir,.Suchare the notable cuents and exam-

rances and bleſſings : Andthis is a work which hath |
paſſed through the labour of many, and therefore I |
cannot preſentas omitted. - £

Thereare-alſoother partsof learning whichare |
AryzxxDricastoHrsrtoxryforalthecxterior |

whereof Hiſtory doth properly recciue,and retaine |
in Memory the Deedes, and if Wordes, yetbutas |
Inducements and paſſages to Deedes: So are there |
other Books and Writings,which are appropriatto |
the cuſtodie, and receite of Wordes onely : which |
likewiſe |

ples of Gods iundgements , chafſtizements, deliue- |

proceedings of man conſiſt of Wordes and Deeds:

likewiſe areofthreeforts1O R'AT't ON S,LET-
TERS,&BRIEFE SPEECHES, orSA Y-
INGS: ORA'TIONS arepleadings, ſpecebes
of counſel! ; Laudatiues,/Inhe@ives ;;Apvulogies,
Reprehenſtons ; Orations of Formalitic , or Cc-
remonie, and thelike + Lenersare accotding'to'all
the varictie of occaſtons; Aduertiſments, Aduilcs,
Dire&ions, Propofitions, Peticions, Comienda-
torie,Expoſtulatorie, Satiſtactorie,of complement,
of Pleaſure,” of Diſcourſe; :add all other paſſages
of Aion. Andſuchasare writtenfrom wile men
are,of all the words of Man, in-my iudgemenethe
belt,forthey are more Naturall then Orations, and
publike ſpeeches,& more adurſedthen-cofetences;

' orpteſent ſpeeches; SoagaineLerersof Affanes

} Ffromſuchas Managethem, or are privietothem,

toadiligentreader,thebeft Hifloriesin themlclues.
For' APO THEGMES: Jris agreatlofſe of thac
Booke of Cxſars, For as his Hiſtory,and thoſe fewe
Letters of his which wee hauc, and thoſe Apothe-

mes which were of hisowne, excell all mens clſe:
v1fuppoſewouldhiscolledtionof AIPO,THE-

GMES hauedone;Faras forthoſe which are co
leted by others;, eitherT hauenotaſtinſuch Mat-
ters,orelfe theirchoicehathinot beene happie, Bur
on theſe three kindes of: Writings 'I:doenot.in-
fiſt;becauſeThaueno drficieces to.propound con.

cerning them, "BH 322201704 200

Thus

Of the aduaucement.of learning
- Thus much therefore concerning Hiftory,which
isthat part of learning, which anſwereth to one of
the Celles, Dowiciles,or offices of the Mind of Man,

which is that of the Memoric.

P OESTLE is a/part of Learning in mcaſure of
words forthe moſt partreftrained:; butinall o-
ther points extrcamely licenſed: and doth truly rc-
ferre tothe Imagination : which becing not tyed

to the Lawes of Matter z \may at pleaſure _
tharwhich Nature hath feucred:&ſcucrthat which |
Nature hath ioyned-/, and fo'make vnlawtuill Mats
ches & diuories ofthings*' Piftoribus atque Poetis & c:
Ie is taken in two ſenſes 1n- reſpect! ot Wordes or
Matter; \Inthe firſt ſenſe iris bura Charadter of ſtile,
and belongeth ro-Arts of fpeeche , and is not pertt-
nent for the preſent. Inthelatcr,it is.(as hath beene
ſaide.).' one of the principalll Portions of lear«
ning :- and is nothing elſe[/but. FA INED/ H1-
STORY,which may be ftiledas wellin Proſeas in
Verſe. | 9 1d 2
Fhe vſcof this FAINED->HISTORIE, |
hath beene ito giue ſothe ſhadowe of ſatiſfation-ta |
the minde of: Man in-thoſepoints, wbereinthe Na-
ture of things doth denie it,the world being in pro»
portion inferiour tothe ſoule; by reaſon whereof
there is agreeable ro theſpiitof Mana moream- |
ple Greatneſſe ,,a-more exact Goodnefle ; and a |
more abſoſute varictic then can bee found in the |
Narure of things. Therefore , becauſe the Acts |
| or. |

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or Euentsof true Hiſiorie, have notthat Magnitude;
which ſatisfieth the mindevf. Mani, ' Poefic faineth:
Agts andEuents Greater ;and more Heroicall; be-
cauſe true Hiſterie propoundethtbeuegefies.and if-
ſucs of ations, not ſo.agreable tothe merits of Ver-
tueand Vice therefore Poeffe fainesthem more iuſt
in Retribution, and more accardingtoReucaled

- Prouidence, becaule roe Hiſtorierepreſenteth Acti-

onsand Euents,more ordinarieand lefſe interchane«
ged, therefore Poeſie enducth' them with more
Rarenefle, and mare vacxpected, andaltcrnatiuc
Variations. -, Soas it appearcth that Poeſie ſerueth

and conferreth to Magnanimitie, 'Moralitic,andto

deleaation., And therefore itwascuerthoughtto
hauec ſome participation of diuineſle , becauſe it
doth raiſe andere&the Minde, by ſubmittingthe

ſheyves of thingstothedefires ofthe Mind; where-,

as reaſon doth buckle and bowe the Mindwvntothe

Nature of things. And:welſeetharby theſe infinua-

tions and congruitics. with mans Nature and plea-
ſure, ioynedallowith the agreementandconſortit

hath with Mulieke,it hath had acceſlcand cſtimati-

-on inrudetimes,and barbarous Regions, where 0-
'therlcarning ſtoode excluded.

Thediuifio of Pocſic which is apteſt in the propri-
ctic therof (beſides thole diuiſibs which are comon
vato it with hiſtory : as fained Chronicles , fained
lipes,& the Appedices of Hiſtory,asfained Epiſtles,

fained Orations, andthercſt) is into POESIE

BE Cai. NARR A-

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NARRATIVERBEPRESENTATIVE,
andALEVSIVE. TheWARRATTIVE isa
meercimitationofHiltory with the exceſſes before
remembred;,Ohoofig forſubiet comonly Warrs,
and Lowe; rarely Sexe;cand fomerimes Pleafure or
Mirth, REPRESENTATIVE isasa viſible
Hiſtory, andisantmage of Ations'as if they were
prelent,as Hiſtoryivofactiany innatiifreas theyare,
thavispaſty-AIDIV STE or PARABOET
CALEyin NARKRTION applied oncly'to
.expreſle ſomeſpecialt pirpoſeor conceir. Which
latcrkind of Pataboliealwifſedome was much'more
wvicintheanctendtitfies'; 'avbythe Fables of 2e-
fape, antixhe brieteſententes ofthe ſeuen),” and the
w/c of Hier oglyphiket\may tppeare. Andrhe cauſe
was forthat itwas'then of neceſſitieto expreſſe any
pointofreaſonpwhieh was more izrpe or fubt
thenthevulgat in that maner, beeauſemenin thofe
times wanted both varietie of examples, and {ubtif-

"FEES

But there remaineth yet another yſeof POESY
PARABOLTCAL; eppofterothat which we
Jafbmientioned:forthatrendeth to FemUnſtrare,ahd” |

jNuffrarertharwhich israiſghto?rdeliuigeed; ang this
other to tetireand obſcufeit's Thatis Whenthe Se-
cters and Miſterics of Religion, Pollicy,or Philoſo-
phy;

'11 Theſecond booke. 19
phy, are inuoJuedin Fables or Parables. Ofthis in
diuinePoeſte, weeſec the vic is authoriſed. In Hea.
thenPothe, weelee the expolition of Fables doth
fall 001 ſometimes with greatfclicitic, as in the Ea.
blethat the Gyants beeing ouerthrowne intheir
watreagainſt the Gods, the Earth their mother in

reuenge thereof brought forth Fame.
Van #erv4 Parensira irritate Deork, - (Progenuit.
10 Extretmams,ut perhibent,Cao Enceladoque Sororem

-

expotinded that when Princes & Monarchies hauc
fippreſſed aftuall and open Rebels,thenthe malig.
nitic of people, which is the motherot Rebellion,
doth-bring forth Lihels'& flanders, and raxati6s of
the ſtares, which is of theſame kind with Rebellion,
but more Feminine: So inthe Fablethatthe reſt of
. the Gods hauing conſpired to binde Jupiter, Paliay
called Briareus with his hundreth hands to his aide,
&xpounded,-:that Monarchies neede not feare any
coutbing of their abſokatencſſe by Mightie Sub-
ieas,as long as by wiſedome they keepe the hearts
of the people, 'who will be ſure ro come in on their
ſide:Sov inthe fable;that 4chilles was brought vp vn.
der Chjronthe Centiure, who was parta man, & part
a beaft, expounded Ingenuoufly, but corruptly by
Machiauell, that ic belongeth tothe education and
diſciplineof Princes, tokhoweas well how to play
partofrhe Lyon, in violence, and the Foxe in

SO —eI—_— ww — <> oo

ouile,as of theman in yertue an ce. Neuerthe.

lefſeinmany thelike incounters, I doe rather think
that the fable was firſt , and theexpoſition deuiſcd,
& WLN9077 * E a "7 WEU

<4 > Std Eos aps

- Of the aduancement'of learning
then that the Morall was firſt, & thereupon thefable
framed; Forlfinde it wasan alincient yanitic, -in
Ghriſippus / that troubled: himſc}te-withgreat con +
tention to faſten the ailertions ofthe Stoecks ypon

fions of rhe ancient Poets: -Bur yet thatallthe
Fables and fictions of the Pqers, were but pleaſure

and not figure, -I-interpoſe no opinion. Surely of

thoſe Pocts which: arc now extant, cucn:: Hower
himſclfe, (notwithſtanding he was madeakinde of
Scripture,by the Jater Schooles of the Grecians)yer
I ſhould: without any difticaltie-pronounce, that
his Fables had no ſuch inwardaefſe in: his -owne.
meaning : But what they mighthaue, vypon-a more.
originall tradition, is not ceafie to affirme,for he was,
notthe inuentor of many of them. In this third part
of Learning which is Poeſte,L can reportno defici+)
ence. -For beingasaplantthatcommetrhgttheluft
efthecarth;wichout aformall feede; it hath ſprung
vp,andipreadabroad , more then any other kinde:
Buttoalcribevnto it that which is duc:forthe EX!
preſſing ofaffeions, paſſions, - corruptionsand cu-.
ſtomes,weare beholding to Poers, 'morethE ro the
Hoſophers workes, and for. wit and eloquence
not Eun lee then to Orators harangues. But it is.
nor good toſtay too longinthe Theater: letvs now
paſſe on tothe tudicial Place or Pallaceof theMind,
which wearetoapproach and view,'with more rc»
ucrenceand attention:

Fe knowledge of Manis asthe waters , ſome
. deſcending

1 Theferondbooke. 1
deſcending from aboue, and ſome ſpringing from
beneath, the one informed by the lightof Nature,

the other inſpired by diuinercuclation. The light oF-

Natureconliſteth,in the Notions of the minde,aad
the Reports of the Sexices, for as for knowledge
which Man recciucth by teaching,itisCumulatiue,
and not Originall,as in a water,that befides his own
ſpring-heade is fedde with other Springs and
treames. $0 thenaccording to theſe two differing
Illuminations,or Originals, Knowledgeis firſt of al
deuided intoDIVINITIE,andPHIL OSO-
PHIE.
InPHILOSOPHY,thecontemplations of
Man doe either penetrate vnts God, or are circum-
ferred to Nature, orare reflected or reuerted vpon
himſe(ſe. Out of which ſeuerall inquiries, there doe
ariſe three knowledges, DIVINE PHILO-
SOPHY, NATVRAL PHILOSOPHY,
and HVMANE PHILOSOPHY, or
HVMANITIE. Forallthingsare markedand
ſtamped with this triple CharaQerofthe power of
God,the difference of Nature, and the vſc of Man:
But. becauſe. the diſtributions and partitions of
knowledge , arc not like ſcuerall lines, that
meete in one Angle , and{otouch but inapoint,
but are like branches ofa treegthat meete in afteme,
which. hath a dimenſion and quantitie of en-
tyrenes and continuance, beforc it come to diſcon-
tinue &breakit ſelf into Armes and boughes, _
ore

ia No /

DEVM, vil NAT.
ZAM vel HOMI
bfrabur «

Phlareph

he” fa A+ Vie Fug + wu F

- Of the aduancement'of learning
thenthat the Morall was firſt, & thereupon thefabte

framed; For lfinde it wasan alincient yanitic, in
Ghrifippus ,/ that troubled, himſc}tewithgreatcon+
tention to faſten the aflertions-of the Stoecks ypon
fictions of the ancient Poets: -Bur yethatallche
Fables and fictions of the Pqets, were but pleaſure

and not figure, -I-interpoſe no opinion, Surely of

thoſe Pocts which: are now extant , cucn:: Homer
himſelfe, (notwithſtanding. he was made akinde of
Scripture,by the Jater Schooles of the Grecians)yer
I ſhould without any difticultie-pronounce, that
his Fables had no ſuch inwardnefſe in- his -owne
meaning: But what they might hauc, ypon-a more.
originall tradition, is not eafie toaffirme;for he was,
notthce inuentor of many of them.In this third part
of Learning which is Pocſte,I can reportno defici-,
ence. - For beingasaplanethatcommethgfthe Juſt,
ofthecarth;wichout aformall feede; it hath ſprung
vp,andſpreadabroad,, morethen habe kinde:
Butto ribe vnto itthat which is ducforthe ex-

preſſing ofaffeRions,paſſions,. corruptionsandcy-
ſtomes,we are beholding to Poets, morethe co the

Philoſophers workes, and for. wit andeloquence

not muchlefle then to Orators harangues. But it is
nor good to ſtay too longinthe Theater: let vs now
paſſe on to the judicial Place or Pallace of theMingd,
which we aretoapproach and view,[with more rc+
ucrence and attention. ©,

F heknowledge of Manis asthe waters, ſome
- deſcending |:

Anni The ſecond booke. k 0 21
deſcending from aboue, and ſome ſpringing from
| beneath,, theone informed by the light of Nature,

the other inſpired by diuinercuclation. The light oF-

Natureconfiſteth,in the Notions of the minde,aad
the Reports of the Scxices, for as for knowledge
which Man recciueth by teaching, it isCumulatiue,
and not Originall,as in a water,that befides his own
ſpring-heade 1s tedde with other Springs and
treames. $0 then according to theſe twodiftering
Illuminations,or Originals, Knowledgeis firſt of al
deuidedintoDIVINITIE,andPHIL OSO-
PHIE. ”
InP HILOSOPHY,thecontemplations of
Man doe cither penetrate vnte God, or are circum-
ferred to Nature, orare refleted or reucrted vpon
himſe(ſe. Out of which ſeuerall inquiries, there doe
ariſe three knowledges, DIVINE PHILO-
SOPHY, NATVRAL PHILOSOPHY,
and HVMANE PHILOSOPHY, or
HVMANITIE. Forallthingsare markedand
ſtamped with this triple Character of the power of
God,the difference of Nature, and the vſeof Man.
But becauſe the diſtributions and partitions of
knowledge , arc not like ſcuerall lines, that
meete in one Angle , and{ptouch butinapoinr,
butare like branches ofatreegthat mecte in aſteme;
which. hath a dimenſion and quantitie of en-
tyrenes and continuance, before it come to diſcon-.
tinue &breakit ſelf into Armes and boughes, _
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fore itis/good', before 'weeenter Into the former
diftribution,toere& &conſtiruteonevniuerſal Sci-
ence by the nameof PHTYLOSOPHIA PRL

MA,ÞPRIMITIVEof SVM MA RTE PHI1-
LOSOPHTE; as the Mine and eommon way,
before we come where the'waies part, and denide
themſelues, which Sciece whetherl ſhonfdreport
as deficient or noe , I ſtand doubtfull. Forl
finde a certaine Rapſodie of 'Nataralf Theologte,
and of diuers parts of Logicke : And of that part
of Natural! Philoſophie , which concerneth the
Principles , and of that other partof Naterall Phi-
loſophy,, which concerneth the Sow/e or Spirit, all
theſe ſtrangely commixed' and confufed : burbe.
ingexamineditſcemeth romeeratherz depredati-
onof other Sciences, aduancedand exalted vnto
ſome height of tearmes, then any thing ſolide or

bee ignorant of the diſtiition whick js

ſubſtantine of. ir ſelfe .' 'Neuertheltfle ' | Exnvor
rhe

that the ſamethings are handled butin ſcuerallre.
ſpeds: asfor example that Logicke conſidereth of
many thingsas they are'm Notion: &this Philoſo.
pby;,as they arein Naturetthe onein; Apparante,
theother in Exiſtence : Butl finde this difference
better; made then purſued'; - For if they had con-
Gdered: Quantitie, Similitade , wy andthc
reſb of thoſe 'Exterwes (hamditers 'of things',” as
Philoſophers, andinNature © their inquiries muſt

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of force haue beene of a farre other kinde then
they are. For doth anie of them in handeling
Quantitic, ſpcake of the force of vnion, how, and
how farre it multiplicth vertue ? Dothany giuethe
reaſon , why ſome things in Nature are ſo coMmon
and in ſo great Maſse , andothers forare, andinſo
ſmall quanritie * Doth aniec in handling Simili-
rude and Diuerſitic, aſſigne the-ctuſe why Iron
ſhould not moouc to Iron , which is morelike, but
mooue to the Loadeſtone , which is lefle like 2
why in all Diucrſtties of things there ſhould bee
certaine Participles in Nature , which are almoſt
ambiguous, to which kinde they ſhould bee refer-
red * Butthercisameereand deepefilence, tou-
ehing the Nature and operation of thoſe Common

_ adinniis of things , as in Nature , andonely arc-

ſuming and repeating of the force and vſe of them,
in ſpeecheor argument, Therefore becauſe ina
Wryting of this Nature , I auvyde all ſubtilitic :
my meaning touching this Originall or vniuetſall
Philoſophie, is thus in a plaine and grofle deſcrip.

' tion by Negatiue ; Thatit bee a Receptacie for all

ſach profitable obſeruations and Axioms , as fall not

within the compaſſe of any of the ſpeciall parts of Phi-

loſophie , or Sciences , but are more common, and of 4
higher flage.

Now that there are manie of that kindeneede
notbee doubted : for example; Isnottherule :

Si inequalibus equatia addas , omnia erunt ineq _
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21

The ſecond boake NT

Pwr mm a” phrlosoph
Di*jcriphe .

"* Of the aduancement of learning

An Axiome aſwell of 1uſtice; as of the Mathematt-
ques f And is there not a true coincidence be-
tweenecommutratiueand diſtributiue /ultice, and

Arithggeticall and Geometricall proportion? Is not
thar oMer rule, Pueineodemtertio conveninnt, & in-

ter fe conveniunt, a Rule taken from the Mathema-
tiques , burſo potent in Logicke as all Syllogiſmes
arebuijtryppon it? Is notthe obſcruation, 0Om-
nia mutantux, nilinterit , a contemplation in Philo«
ſophic thus , that the Quantum of Natureis eter-
nall , /n Naturall Theologie thus , That itrequi-
reth the ſame Omnipocencie to make ſomewhat
Nothing , which art the firſt made nothing ſome-
what ? according to the Scripture, Diaici quod om-
na opera que fect Deus, perſeuerent in perpetunum, nou
poſſumnus ex quirquam addere, nec auferre, Is notthe
ground which cAfachravill wilely and largely dil.
conrſeth concerning Goucraments, Thatthe way
rocſtablithand preſcructhem, is to reduce them ad
Principia ,arulcin Religion and Nature,alwellas ia
Cruill adminiſtration © was not the Perſzap Magicke
areduction or correſpondence of the Principles 6c
ArchiteQures of Nature, totherules and policicot
Goucraments ? Ts notthe precept of aMulitian, to
fallfromadiſcord or harſhaccord, vpons concord,

or {iweete accord , al:ketrucin aftc&tion ? Is notthe
Trope of Mulicke , ro auoyde or flyde trom tbc
cloſe or Cadence, common withthe Trope of hc.
torickeof deceyuing expectation £ J1$not the de.

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light of 'the Quavering vppon a ſtoppe in Mu-
ſicke , the ſame with the playing of Light yppon
the water ?

- - Sptenact tremulo ſub Lumine Pontus.

Are notthe Organs of the fences of onekinde
withthe Organs of Reflexion,the ye with a glafle,
the Eare with a Caue or Straight determined and
bounded < Neither are theſe onely {imilitudes, as
men of narrowe obſcruation may conceyue them
to bee; burtthe ſame footeſteppes of Nature, trea-
ding.or printing vÞ 50Nn ſeucrall ſubjects or Matters.

This Science therefore { as I vnderſtand it ) I may Philo;
tuſtlie reporteas deficient ; tor I ſee ſometimes the þþ;1 4.
profounderſortot wittes , in handeling ſome parti. *_ / T
culer argument, willnoweand then drawe a Buc- He 4*
ket of Water out of this well, fortheir preſent ve: Fontibus
But the ſpringhead thereof ſeemeth to mee, not to Scientia-
haue beene viſited, beeingof ſo excellent v{c, both ,,,,

for the diſcloſing of Nature , and theabridgement

of Arr.

foodie —_—_—

This {cience beeing therefore firſtplaced as
MMommon parent , like vato Berecinthia , which
had {o much Heauenlie yſſue , Omnes Celicoles , om-
nes {uperaaltatenentes , wee may returneto the tor-
merdiſtribution ot the three philoſophies; Diuine,
Naturall, and Humane. Andas concerning D 1-
VINE PuIlLoSOPHIE, Cy NATVRAL L
THzortoG1zt, It isthat knowledge or Rudt-
ment of knowledge concerning. G o'p , which may
be obtained by the contemplation of his Creatures:
| F ft 2 which

. © Of the aduancement of learning

which knowledge may bee truely tearmed Divine,
inreſpeR of the obicct , and Naturallin icſpc& ot
the '# ht. The boundes of this knowledge arc,
tharir Tofficerh toconuince Atheiſme ; but notto
informe Religion : And therefore thcre was

neuer Miracle wrought by God to cotuert an A-
theiſt, bycauſe the light of Nature might have ledde
himto confcſle a God: But Miracles hauc becne
wroughtto conuert [dolaters, and the ſuperſtitious,
becauſe no lightot Nature extendethto declarethe
willand true worſhip of God. For asall works do
ſhewe forth the power and {kill of the workeman,
and not his Image: So itisofthe works of God;
which doe ſhew the Omnipotencie and wiſedome
of the Maker, but not his Image: And therefore
therein the Heathen opinion diftereth fromthe Sa-
credtruth : Forthey ſuppoſed the world to bee the
Image of God, & Man to be an extract or compen-
dious Imageof the world : But the Scriptures neuer
vouch-ſafe to attribute totheworld that honour as
to bee the Image of God : . But onely Theworke
of his hands, Neitherdothey ſpeake of any othgr
Image of God,but Man: wherfore by the contem-
plationof Nature, to induce and inforce the ac.
knowledgement of God, and to demonſtrate his
power, prouidence ,and goodneſle, is an excellent
argument, and hath beene excellently handled by
diuerſe. Butcn the other {ide,out of the contem-
_ plationof Nature, or ground of humane knowe-
ledges,

ledges to induce any veritic, orperſwafion concer-
ning the points of Faith , is in my iudgement, not
ſate.; Da fidei, que fidet ſunt. For the Heathen them-
ſelues con:lude as much in that excellent and Di-

vinefable of the Golden Chayne : That men and

God's were not able to draw Tupiter down to the Earth,but
contrariwiſe,lupiter was able todraw them wp to Heauen.
Soas wee ought not to attempt to drawe downear

fubmictethe Myſteries of Go » to ourReaſan: but
——_ ._ toraiſcand.aduance our Reaſon to
the Diuine Truthe, Soas inthis parte of know.
ledge , touching Diuine Philoſophie : I am fo
farre from noting any deficience , asI rathernote
anexceſle : wwereyatol hauedigreſled, becauſe
of the extreamepreiudice , which both Religion
and Philoſophic hath receiued , and may receiue
by beeing commixed togither , as that which vn-

| _ y will makean Hereticall Religion ; and

an Imaginarie and fabulous Philoſophie.
| Otherwiſe it is of the Nature of Angell;

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” and Spirits, which is an Appendix of Theologie,
* both Diuine and Naturall, and is neither inſcru.

tablenorinterdited : Foralthough the Scripture

| ch , Lette no man deceyue you in Sublime diſcourſe

rouching the wor(hip of Angells , preſsing into that hee

| knowethnot, cc. Yetnotwithſtanding if you ob.

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rationof them, 'and Opinion Fantaſticall ofthem,
eytherto-extoll them}, further then appertaineth to
the degree of a Creature ;-or to extolla mans know-
ledgeof them, further then hee hath ground, Bur
theſober and grounded jnquirie which may arilc
out of the paſlages of holie Scriptures, orout of the
oradacions of Nature'is not reſtrained : So of dee
generate and reuoltedſpirites; the conuerſing with
them, or the imployement of them is prohibited ,
much more any yeneration towards them, But the
contemplacion or-ſcience-of their-Nature,' their
- - power,theirilluſions;either by Scripture or realon,
1s apart of ſpirituall Wiſedome. For {othe Apoſtle
{aieth, Wee arenot z2nerant of bis Stratagems; And
it.is. no more valayyfull ro enquire/the Nature of
euill ſpirites , thento enquirethe force of poyſons
in Nature, orthe Nature of {inneand vice in Mo-
" ralitie; Butthis parte touching Angells and Spi-
rites, I cannot note as'deficicat ,-for many haue oc-
cupyed themſclues init: TI may ratherchallenge
itin manicotthe Wryters thereof ,'as fabulous and
fantalticall, . Fc
Leauing therefore D1viNE PHILOSOPHY;

or NATYRALL . THEOLOGIE, . (not. Dr vi
NIT1iE, or INSPIRED THEOLOGIE, which
wee relerue for thelaſtof all ,as the Haucnand Sab-
bath of all Mans contemplations) wee willnowe
proccede to' NATVRALL PHILOSOPHIE : I:
then-it bee true that Democricrus ſayde ,> That the

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© patheof Natave teth w in certaine deepe Mynes

and (anes ; . Andit itbcetraclikewiſe, thar the Al-

yas "doe fo much inculcate , Thar Vulcan is a
fecond Nature, atd imitateth thatdexrerouſlic and
compendiouflie , which Nature worketh by am-
bages,8 length of time,7t were good to deuide Na-
rurall Phyloſophic inrothe Myneand the Fornace,
and to make rwo profeſions oroccupations of Na-
tuarall Philoſophers , ſumeto bee Pionners , and
ſome Smythes, lome todigge , and ſometo refine,

and Hammer : And ſurely doe beſt allovwe of a

dinifion of that kinde mots Ay in moretamiliarand
{cholaſticall rearmes : Namely that theſe beerhe
two parts of Naturall Philoſophie , the INQvVT.
$SITLON OF CAVSES andthe PRODVCTI ON
OF” EFFECTS: SPECYLATLCYVE, -and OPpE.
Ra TIVE;, NATVRALL SCIENCE, and Na.
TVRALL PRVDENCE, Porasin Ciulle matters
there is a wiſedome of diſcourſe, anda wiledomeot
#ction7 So Titi Naturall: And heere

-willmake a (9 map that forthe latter( or atleaſt for

# parterhereot ) 7 may reviue and reintegrate the
mifapplycd and abuſed Name of "NATVRALL
MAGtcre, which in/the-trus ſenſe; is but
Naty ZAlt Wi SEDOME,' ' or | NaTVvVRALTE..
PRVDENCE : takemaccording tothe ancientac:

ception, purged from vanitie & ſuperſtition. Now
although it bee true, and 7knowit well, that there

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otherwiſe zealous and. affetionate to recede as
little from Antiquitie, either in tearms oropinions,
as may ſtand with truth, & the proficience of know-
ledge ; And herein 7 cannot alittle maruaile at the
Philoſopher Ariſtotle : that did proccede'in ſucha
Spirit of difference & contradition towardsall An:
tiquitie, vndertaking not only to frame new wordes
of Scienceat plcaſure: butto confound and cxtin-
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nion, butto confuteand reproue: wherein coke nf
rie, and drawing followersand diſciples, he tooke
theright courſe, For certainly there-commeth to
paſſe, & hath place in humane truth;that which was
noted and pronounced in the higheſttruth : Yen!
in nomine Pairs, nec recipits Me Siquis venerit in no-.
mine ſuo,cum recipietis, Butin thisdiuine —_
me (conſidering, to whom it wasapplied, Namely
to Antichrift, the higheſt deceiuer, ) wee may di.
ſcerne well, that rhecomming in 4 Mans owne name,
without regard of Atiquitie, or paternitie , is no
goodfigneof truth, although it bee joyned with
the fortune and ſuccefſe ofan- Eams recipretis, Bur
'for this excellent perſon Ar:fotte, Twill thinke of
him , that hce learned that humour of his Schol-
ler, with whom, it ſeemeth , hee did emulate,
the one to conquer all Opinions, as the otherto

conquerall Nations, Whereinneuertheleſſe it may

bee, hee may at ſome mens hands, that are-of
a bitter diſpoſition, getalike title as his Scholler

did. ;

'Felix terrarum Preads , nonvitle mundo

Editws exemplum &c. S0

Falix aottrine Preds. |
Butto me on theother fide that do defire as much

aslyethin my Penne, to grounda ſfociableenter-

courſe berweene Antiquiticand Proficience, it ſee-
methbeſt, to keepe way with Antiquitic v/q#e44

«4, And thercforeto retaine the ancienttearmes,

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gouernment ;- where although there bee ſome
teration "Vet that holderh which Tacuas wiſcly

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nowe vnderſtand the word ; It appeareth by that
which hath benealrcadiefaide,thatT intend, PHI.
LOSOPHIA: PRIMA : SVMMARIE
PHILOSOPHIEandMETAPHISICK,
which heretofore haue beene confoundedas one,
to bee two diſtin things, © For the one I haue
made as a Parent, or: common Aunceſtor to all
knowledge; Andtheother i haue now broughtin,
asa Branch ordeſcendentof NATVRALL
SCIENCE, It ap
aſhgnedeo SVMMARIEPHIL OSO-
P.H IL E' the common principles and Axiomes
which are promiſcuous and indifferent toſeuerall
Sciences: I have affignedvnto itlikewiſethe inqui-
ric touching the operation of. the Relative and aduentine
Charadters of Eſſences , as Dnantitie, Similitude,Dis
werſitie, Poſsibilitie , and thereſt : with this diſtin.
ion, and proviſion : that they bee handled as

_ theyhaue efficacicin Nature, and not logically,

It appeareth likewiſe that NATVRAL THE-
O LO GIE which heretofore hath beene handled
cenfuſedly.with MET APHISICKE, Ihaue

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HISICKE ſhould contemplare that which is

- jnherentin Matter, &thereforetranſitoric,and ME.

TAPHISICKE, that which is abſtracted &
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accordiag to'the receiued and ſound 'diuifionof
CAVSES, Theonepartwhichis PHISI CKE
enquireth and handleththe MATERIAT.L &
EFFICIEN I' CAVSES.,&theother which
iSMETAPHISICKE hondleth the FOR-

'MALandFINALCAVSES.

PHISICKE,( taking it accordingtothe deri-
vation,& notaccording roour Idiome,for ME D I.
CINE; is (cituate ina middle tearme or diſtance

berweenNATVRALLHISTORY&ME-:

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the Cav SES > but Var IABL »orR's SP >
criveCavsass;andMararyusrcKksthe
Fix» pandConSraNy Caysss.
Zimns vi hic duveſcit ,f heout Cera lrqueſcit,
Vnoeodemgue igni,''
Fire is the cauſe of induration- ,, butreſpectine to
clay:Firc isthe cauſe of colliquati6,hur reſpeCiue to
Waxe; Butfireis noe conſtant cauſe either of indu.
ration orcolliquation + Sorbenrhe Phificall caufes
arebuttheEfficientandthe Matter. Pnrsrciet
bath three parts, whereof rwo reſpet Nature Y#7-
16d or collected thethird conteplateth Nature diffuſed
ordifiributedNature is colle&edieitherinto one en-
tyerT oral, ar elſe-ints the ſame Principles or Seedes,.
So asthefuſt docrineis FovecnrneotheConN-
rEtxTvRrs 0: CoNreicovrarion of
T u 1N: s,as De Mundo, de wniverſitate Rerum, The
ſeconde is the Doctrine CONCERNING
the PRINCIPLES or ORIGINALS of
THINGS ; The third 'isthe dotrine C O'N+=
CERNINGallVARTETIEand PAR TI-.
CVLARITIEof THIN GS;whether it heof -
the differing ſubſlances, ortheir' differing qualities
and Natures; whereofthere needeth noe enumera-
tion; this partbeing butasa GLOS or PAR A-
PHRASEtharattendeth ypon the Text of N A-
TVRALHISTORY. Oftheſe three Icannor
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But they-arc parts of knowledge not deſerted by
the Labour of Man. ''

. For METAPHISICK E,we baucaſſigned
yntoit the inquirie of FORMALL and Fl
NALL CAVSES which affignation, asrothe
former of them may ſeeme to bee Nugatoricand
yoide, becauſe of the recciuedand inucterate Opt-
nion,that the inquiſition of Man, isnot competent
- tofindeout efentiall former ;; ar trac differences , of
- whichopinion wewilleake'this hold: Thatthe 1n-
- yentis of Formcsis ofatother Parts of Knowledge
theworthicſtrobee ſought, it it beePoffibletobee
* Found. As forthe poflibiliie, they are ill diſcouc-
- ters; thatthinkethcre isnoland-when they can (ce
nothingburSea. Butit is manifeſt, rharPlavinhis
| opinion of 1deas , as onethat hada witofclcuation
” ſatuate as vpona Clifte,diddefcry,that formes were
” thetracobie#of knowledge; butloſt thereall fruite of
7 bisopinionby conſidcringofformes,as abſolutely:
* abſtracted from Matter, & not confined and deter.

> mined by Matter : and ſoturning his opinion vpon
| Theolegie, wherewithall his Naturall Philoſophy is
” infeQed.. Bur ifany man ſhall keepea continual
2 watchfulland ſeuerecye vponattion, operation,

2 and the vie ofknowledge, hee may aduiſe and

; take Notice., whatare the formes , the dilclo.
ſures whereof are fruitful and importanttothe State

$ of Man. For as to the /drmes of ſubſtices (Manone-
lyexcepr,of whomitis ſaid, Formavit hominem de ti.

y wo terre, ſpiranit in faciem tius ſpiraculum vite, and

I G 8 3 nor

- Of the aduantement of learning

not asofall other creatures,” Producant aqua, produ-
Catterra , the formes of Subſlances 1 ſay (as they are
nowe by-compounding- and tranſplanting multi-
plicd y arefo perplexed, 'asthey arenotto beeen.
quired; Noemorethenit were either poſſible or |
to purpoſe , ''to- ſeeke in'groſle rhe: formes of thoſe |
_ Soundes which make wordes , which by compoſition |
andtranſpolation of Letters arc infinite. .Buton
the otherſide,toenquirethe forme of thoſe Soundes or |.
Voices which make ſimple Letters is catily comprebeſi- |
; ble,arid beingknowen., 'induceth:and manifeſteth |
, - ' #be formes of attwords,which confiſt;&are compoun. |:
dedofthemyin the ſame manertoenquirethe forme |:
ofa Lyon,ofan Oake; bf Gold::'Nay of Water,of |
Aire,is a vaine purſuite-But ro enquire the formes of |?
Sence,of voluntary Motion,of Vegetation, of Co- |?
lours,ofGrauitic and Leuitic,of Denſitic,of Tenui- |:
tic, otHeate,of Cold,8&al other Naturesandyquali. |
tics, whichlike an 4/phaberarenot many,&of which |?
the efletices {vpheldby Matter) ofallcreatures doc |?
cofift:To enquire 1 fay the rrue formes of theſeisthat |?
partof Mz rapyrstTcKr, which wenowdehine |
gf. NotbutrharPi ys'r cx:3 doth make enquiric, f
and take coniiderationof :the ſame Natures , but
how ? - Onely,as tothe material andefficient cauſes of
them;and not asto the formes. For cxample,if the
canſe ob whitcneſſe in Snoweor frothbeenquired, and
itbe rendred thus-2 That the'ſubtite intermixture of
.Ayreand water is the canſe, it is wellrendred, but = |
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* which ireportas deficient, isof the reſt the molt ex -

7 cellent in two reſpects: | The one becaulc.it is the
| and vertue ofall knowledge roabridge the in-
figitie of indiuiduall;experience , as muchas the
conception of truth 'will permit, andtoremedic
the complaintof vita brevw,ars longs, which is pers
oxmed by voitingthe Notions and conceprions of
ciences: For knowledgesareas PrxauiDys,
whereofH1sronxristheBasts:SoofNaTy-
? xatPullosoPhYtheBasISiSNatvRral
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CALPOINT is MET APHISIC KE:As
* forthe VERTICALLPOINT, Opn: quod o-
: peratur dens 4 principio v/que ad finem,the Summary law

of Nature , weeknowe not whether Mans enquirie
canattaine vnto it.Buttheſe three be the true Stages
of knowledge,and aret8themthataredepraued no
betterthen the Gyants Hilles,

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"But to thoſe which referre all thinges to the
Gloricof GO. D,, theyareasthethreeacclama.
tions : Sandte, Sante, Sande: apr thedeſcrip.
tion®or dilatation of his workes, holy inthe con-
nexion, or concatenation ofthem, and holy in the
vnion of them ina perpetuall and vniformelawec. |
Andthereforethe ſpeculation was excellent in Par- Þ
meniderand Plate, , although buta ſpeculation in |
them, Thatallthin by didaſcend tovnitie, |
Sothen alwaies harwledge is worthicft, which |

is charged with leaſt multiplicitic,which appeareth |
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whereof, makeall this varietic : The ſecond reſpe&
which valueth and commendcththisparr of M E-
TAPHISICKEis, thatitdoth enfranchiſe the
wer of Man vnto the greateſt libertie, and poſſi |
bilitic of workes andeffedts, For Phifickecarri. |
eth men in narrowandreſtrained waies, ſubic&to |
many accidents of impedimets, imitating the ordi-
narie flexuouscourſcs of Nature, But Late vadique
ſunt ſapientibus vie: Toſapicnce(which was ancicnt- |
| Ty defined to be Rerams dinirteram, of humanarum (ci |
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. cauſes giue light tonewe inuentionin Simili materia;
But whoſocuer knoweth any forme knoweth the
vemoſt poſcibilitic of ſuperinaucing that Naturevpon
"any varietie of Matter, and ſo islcfle reſtrained in 0+
peration,cither tothe Baſis ofthe Matter, or the con-
dition of the efficient : which kinde of knowledge
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rens non habebis offendiculum. The waies of fapicnce
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Eye-liddes are for a quir-ſette and fence about the
Sreht : Or,That the firmeneſſe of the Skinnes and Hides
of lining creatures is to defend them from the extre-
mities of heate or cold ; Or, T hat the bones are for
the colummnes or beames , whereupon the Frame of the
bodits of lining creatures are butt ,, Or , T hat the
l[eanes of trees are for protecting of the Fruite, Or,
That tbe cloudes.are for watering of the Ecarth , Oy,
That the ſolianeſſe of the Earth vs for thtflation and
Manſion of living creatnres : andthe like, is well ins
quired & collectedin MET APHISICKE, bur
in P HISIC KE theyareimpertinent, Nay, they
arc indeed but Remoraesandhinderances to ſtay and
flugge the Shippe from furder ſayling, and hauc
broughtthis to paſſe, that theſearch of the Phi/icall
Canſes hath beenenegleted , and paſſed in filence.
And thereforethe Natural Philofophic of Democy;.
tws,and ſomeothers who did notſuppoſea Ange or
Reaſon inthe frame of things, butattributed the form
thereof able to maintaine it ſelf to infinite eſſates or proofes
of Nature, which they tearme fortune ,ſeemeth to
mee { as farre as I can iudgeby therecitalland
fragments which remaine vnto vs )in particularities
of Phiſicall cauſes more'realland better enquired
then that of Ariſfotleand Plato, whereof both inter-
mingled fina/cauſes,the one as a part of Thelogie,and
the otherasa partof Logieke, which were the fanoy-
rite ſludtes reſpeRiuely of both thoſe perſons, Not
_ __ *becauſe

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becauſethoſe finaZcaxſesare not true,and worthy to
bee inquired, beeing kept within their ownepro.

vince; bur becauſe theirexcurftons into the limits
.of Phiſicallcanſes, hath bredavaſtneſſe and ſolitude
in that.tract. For otherwiſe keeping their pre-
.cins and borders, men are extreamely decceiued
if they thinke there is an Enmitie orrepugnancie
atallberweenethem: Forthe cauſe rendred that
the haires about the Eye-liddes are for the ſafegard of
theſi2ht, doth not impugne the cauſe rendred,
that Pilgſitie ts incident to Orifices of Moiſlure : Mu-
ſeoſs fontes rc. Nor the cauſe rendred that the
firmeneſſe of hides is for the armour of the body againſt
extremities of heate or col4: doth not impugnethe
cauſe .rendred , that contraction of pores is inci.
dent to the outwardeft parts,inregard of their adjacence
#0 forreine or wvnlike bodies, and io of thereſt, both
cauſes becing true and compatible, theone de-
claring an imtention, the other,a conſequence One-
ly, . Neither doth this'call-in queſtion or dero-
gacefrom diuing Prouidence, but highly confirme
and exalt it, Fovasin ciuill actions he j

and deeper poſllirique,thar can make other men the
Inffkruments of his will and endes, and yet neuer
icquaint them with his purpoſe : So as they ſhall

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" Nature intendeth one thing, and ProvidEce draw-
eth forthanother, thenif hee had communicated
to particular Creatures and Motions the Chaja-
Rers and Impreſſions of his Providence; And thus
muchforM s rarxrs1cxre,thelaterpart wher-
of, lallowas extant, but wiſh it confined to his pro-

perplace. :
Neuerthelefle there remaineth yet another
pantof NATVRALL PHILOSOPHIE,
whichis commonly made a principall part, and
holdeth ranke with PHISICKE fpeciall and
METAPHISICKE : which is Matheratiche,
but7thinkicmore agreable to the Nature of things,
andtothelight of order, to place itasa Branch of
Aetaphificke: For the ſubieCtof it being @Quanririe,
not nantitic Indefinite: which is but a Relatzue, and
belongeth to Philoſophia Prima(as hath beene ſaid,)
but 9uantitie determined, or proportionable , it ap-
peareth to bee'oneof the efſentiall formes of things;
as that, that 'is' cauſatiue in Nature of a number
of Effets, inſomuch as wee ſeg the Schooles
both of Democritns, and of PiYlicoras, that the
one 4rd aſcribe Fignre to the ſirſt ſeedes of things, and
the other did ſuppoſe numbers to bee the principalles
and originalls of things.; And it is true allo that of
all other formes (as wee vnderſtand formes') itis
the moſt abſtrated, and' ſeparable from matter
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hath likewiſe beene the cauſe, why ithath beene
berterlaboured , and enquired, then any ofthe
other formes, which are more immerſed into
Matter , Horit beeing the Nature of the Minde
of Man (ta the extreame prejudice of knowledge)
rodelightin the ſpacious libertie of generalitics, as

| ina champion Region; and notin the incloſures

of particularitie;, the MATHEMATICKS
of all other knowledge were the goodlieſt heldes
toſatiſhe thatappetice. But fortheplacing of this
Science, itis not much Materiall : onely we haue
endeuoured in theſe our Partitions to obſerue a
kind of perſpectiue, that one part may caſt light yp-
on another.

| . The MATHEMATICKS are cither
PVRE,orMIXT:Tothe PVRE MATHE-
* MATICKS arethoſeScicces belonging,which
handle 9nantitie determinate meerely ſeuered from
any Axiomesok NATVRALLPHLOSO-
PHY: andtheſearetwo, GEOMETR Yand
ARITHMETICKE, Theonchandling

nantitie continued , and the other difſcucred.

M I X T hath forſubietſome Axiomes or parts
of Naturall Philoſopie: and confiderethQuantitie
determined, as it is auxiliarie and incident vnto
them . For many parts of Nature can neither be
muented with ſufficient ſubtiltie, nor demonſtra-
ted with ſufficient perſpicuitie,nor accommodated
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and interueyningof the Mathematicks : of which
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remedie. and cure many deteas.in the Wit, and
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, it- if toinherentinthe ſenſe, they abſtract it.
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bur of great vie, in reſpeR it maketh a quicke
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is collaterall and-interuenient, is noleſſc worthy,
. then that which is principalland intended . And
as for the Mixt Mathematikes I may onely make this
prediction , that there cannot faile to bee more
kindes ofth&m, as Nature growes furderdiſcloſed.
Thus muchof NATVRALSCIENCE, or
the part of Nature SPEC V/LATIVE.
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ſometime by a caſuall incidenceand occurrence,
ſometimes by a purpoſed experiment : and of thoſe
which haue bene tound by an intentionall experi.
mer,ſome have bin found out by varying or exten-
ding the ſame experument,ſome bytranlterring and
compounding diuers experiments the one into the
other, which kind of invention an Emmperique may
manage. Againe by the knowledge of Phiſicall cau-
| ſes,there cannot faile ra followe, many indications
| anddebgnations of new particulers,it menin their
ſpeculation will keepe one eye vpon vic 8 practiſe.
But thcſcare but Coaſtings alengtheſhoare, Pre-
wendo lite iniquum, For icleemeth io me, there can
| bardly bee diſcoucredany radicall or fundamentall
_ alterations, and innovations in Nature, cither by
the fortune & eſſayes of experiments,or by the light
and direRion of Phiſical cauſes. Iftherfore we haue

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of Brittaine, or Hughe of Burdeanx, differs from
.. Ceſars commentaries in truth of ſtorie, For itis
manifeſt that Ceſar did greater things dewers, then
thoſe Imaginarie Heroes were fainedtodoc. But
heedid them not inthat fabulous manner, Of this
kinde of learning the fable of Ixion was a figurc:
who deſignedto enioy 1unothe Goddeſſe of pow-
er:andin ſtead of her, had copulationwitha Cloud:
of which mixture were begotten Centaures, and
Chymeraes. - So whoſocuer ſhall entertaine high
| and vapourous imaginations, inſtecde ofalabori-
x ' *-ous and ſober enquirie of truth ſhall beget hopes
| and Bclicfes of ſtrangeand impoſſible ſhapes. And
therefore wee may note intheſe Sciences, which
F holdeſo much of imagination and Beliefe, as this
I degenerate Naturall Magicke, Alchimie, Aſtrolo-
F, _gie,andthelike, thatintheirpropoſitions, the de-
ſcription of the meancs, is cucrmore' monſtrous,
then the pretence orende . Foritisa thing more
probable, that he that knoweth well the Natures of
; Waight , of Colour, of Pliant,and fragileinreſpeR of
the hammer, of vo/atileand fixedinreſpe ofthe
fire,and the reſt, may {uperinduce vpon ſome Met- Þ
tallthe Nature, and forme of Gold by ſuch Me. F
chaxique as longeth tothe production of the Naturs Þ
aforc rchearſed , then that ſome graynes of the
Medecine proicted, ſhould ina fewe Moments
of time, turne a Sea of Quick-ſiluer or other Ma-

terial!

The ſecond booke. ; ,

teriall into Gold. So itis more'probablethat he that
- knoweth the Nature of Arefactien ; the Nature of
aſcimilation,of nouriſhmentro the thingnourtſhed:;
the Maner of encreaſe,and clearing of ſpirits :theMa -
nerof the depredations, which Sprrits wake vpon the
hummurs and ſolide parts : ſhall, by Ambages of diets,
bathings, annointings, Medecines, motions,and
thelike, prolong life, orreſtore ſome degree of
youth or viuacitie,thentharit can be done with the
vſeofa fewedrops,or ſcruples of aliquor orreccite,
To conclude therefore,thetrue NATVRALL
M A GI C KE,which is that great libertic and La-
titude of operation, which dependeth vppon the
knowledge of formes, I may report deficient, as the
. Relatiue thereof is, To which part if we be ſcfious,
and incline not to vanitiesand plauſible diſcourſe,
befides the deriuing and deducing the operations
themſelues from METAPHISICKE,;thereare

pertinent two points of much purpoſe, the one by

way of preparation , the otherby way of caution:

The firſt is, that there be made a Kalender reſembling

_ an Innentorie of the eſtate of man, containing all the Tyventaris

inventions, (being the works or fruits of Nature or
Art)which are now extant, and whereof man is al.
readic poſſcſſed,our of which doth naturally reſult

1m Opum
humanas

aNote, whatthings are yetheld impoſſible, | or rum.

not invented, which KXatender will bee the more
artificialland ſerviceable, if to cuery reputed impoſ-
ſibiatie, you adde what thing is extant, which
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alls, Mans enquirie may bee the more awake in di.
ducingdireQi6of works fromthe ſpeculati6,ofcau.
ſes. And ſecondly that thoſe experimters be not one-
ly eſtcemed which haue an immediate & preſetyſe,
but thoſe principally which are of moſt vniuerſall
conſequence for inuention of other experimets, &
thoſe which giue moſt light to the Inuttion of cau-
ſes;forthe InuEtion ofthe Mariners Needle, which

_ giueththedireQion,is ofnocleſle benefit for Nau'i-

gation,. thenthe inuention ofthe lailes which giue
the Motion. .

Thus hauc[ paſſed through N.AT V RA LL
PHILOSOPHIE, and thedeficiences there«
of, whereinif I haue differed from the ancicnt,and
recciued doctrines, and thereby ſhall moue contra-
diQion.; tor my part, asI affenorto difſent,fo [
purpoſe not to contend, [f it be truth,

+» » Noh Canimns ſurdi reſpondent omnia ſyte,

The voice of Nature will conſent, whetherthe
voice of Man doc or noe, And as Alexander Bergia
was wom to ſay. of. the expedition of the french for
Naples, that thEy came with Chaulke in their hands
to marke vptheirladgings, and not with weapons
to fight. : Sollike betrerthat entrie-of truth which
commeth peaceably with Chaulke , to marke yp
thoſe Mindes, which are capablerolodgeand har.
bour it, then that which commeth with pugnaci-

tie and contention.
But thereremaineth adiuiſton of Naturall Phi-

loſophy

lofopby according to the Report ofthe Enquirie, 'and
nothing concerefiip the Matter or ſubiet , and
that is POSITIVE and CONSIDERA-
TIVE: when the enquirie reporteth either an
_ Afertion, ora Doubt, Theſe donbis or Non Liquets,
are of two ſorts, Particular and Totall, Forthe firft
wee ſee a good example thereof in Aritotles Pro-
blemcs, which deſerued to haue hada better con-
'tmnance, but ſo neuerthelefle, as there is one point,
whereof warning is to begiuen and taken;The Re-
Siſtring of doubts hath twoexcellentvſes: Theone
that it ſaueth Philoſophy fromErrors &falſhovds:
when that which is not fully appearing, is not cok
leed into aſſertion, whereby Error might drawe
Error,” burreſerued indoubt. The other that che
entric of doubts areas ſo many ſuckers or ſponges,
to drawe vic of knowledge, inſfomuch as that which
if doubts had not preceded, a man ſhould neuer

haucaduiſed ,'biit paſſed irouer without Note,by
the ſuggeſtion and ſo!liciration of doubts is made
to beattended and applied. But both theſe com-
modities doe ſcarcely*counteruaile an Inconuenis
ence, which wil intrude it ſelfe if it be not debarred,
which is that when a doubt is once receiued , men
labour rather howetokeepe ita doubr ſtill, 'then
howeto ſolue'it, and accordingly bend their wits.
Of this we (ce the familiar exampleiin Lawyers and
Schollers, both which if they hauc once admitted
a doubt , it goeth euer after Authorized for a
-doubr. But that vic of witand knowledgeis to be
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. alowed which labourcth to make doubtfullthinges
certaine, -and not thoſe which labour to make cer-
taine things doubtfull. Therctore theſe Kaler.
| ders of 'doubts, 1 commend as cxccllent things, ſo.
L, thatthere bethis caution vied, that when they bee
2 _ throug hly fitted & brought roreſolution, they bee

mtinua- from thence torth omitted, decarded, and not con-
to Proble tinuedto cheriſh and encourage men in doubting.
. Towhich £alender of doubts or problemes, | aduile

matum mN "heannexed another Kalend:r as much or more Ma-
Natura. teriall, which isa Kalender of popular Errors,l mcanc
Catalogus chiefly, in naturall Hiſtorie (ſuch as paſſe in ipeech &
Falſitati conceit, andare neuetthelefle apparantly detected
. & couied of vatruth,that Mans knowledge benot
graſſantiic weakened nor imbaſcd by ſuch'drofſc and vanitie.
1m hiſteria Asfor the Bowbts or Nonliquets generallor inT otallyl
Nature. vaderſtand thoſe differences ofopinions touching
| the principles of Nature, and the fundamentall

_ points of the ſame, which hauec cauſed the diuerlt-

ticof Secs,;Schooles, and Philoſophies, as that of
Fmpedocles,Pythagoras, Democritus,Parmenides,and
thereſt, Foralthough Ari//or/eas though he had bin
ofthe race of the Ottomans, thought hee could not
raigne , except the firſtthing he did he killed all his
Brethren, yetto thoſe that fecke truth and not Aſ4-
giſtralitze, it cannot but ſecme a Matter of great pro-
fr,to ſee before themthe ſeucral opinions touching
the foundations of Nature, not for any exact truth
-thatcan be expectedinthoſe Theories : For a the
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triquesand Eprcicles and likwilce: by the Vheorieof

Copernicus, Who luppoſedthe Earth to mone; &the*

Calculations are indiftcrently agreeable to both: $o
the ordinarie face and viewe of experienceis many
times ſatiſhed by ſcucrall Theories & Philoſophics,
whereas to finde the reall truth requireth another.
manner of ſcucritie & attention , For, as Ari//o!le
ſaith that chi{dren at the firſt will call euery woman
mother : butaftcrward they cometo diſtinguiſh:
according to truth: So Experience, it it be in child.
hood, will call every Phileſophie Mother, but when it
. commeth to ripeneſle,it will difcerne the truce Mo-
ther. Soasin the meanetimeit is good to ſee the
+ Seucrall Gloſſes and Opinions ypon Nature,wher-

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recciued Aſtronomie of the diuraallMotion:, and:
the proper Motions of the Planets, with their Eccen-

De Abti«

ofit may bee cuery oncin ſomeone point, hath quis Phi.
ſcene clearerthen his fellows, Therfore I with ſome j, /ophijs,

colletionto be made painfully and vnderſtanding.
lyde Antiquis Philoſophys out ofall the poſſible light
which remaineth to vsof them. Whichkindeof
worke I finde deficient, But heere I muſt giue
warning , that it bee done diſtintly and ſcuere-
ly, The Philoſophics of euery onethroughout by
themſclues; and notby titles packed,and tagotted
yp together, as hath beene done by Piutarch. For
: 1tis the harmonie of a Philoſophicin itſelfe, which

| giucthitlight and credence ; whercas if it beefin-

| I 2g oled

.gled'and broken, it will ſeeme more forraine and

difſonant. Foras, when I read inT «cites, the Ac-
tions of Nero, orClaxdizs, with circumſtances of
times, inducements and occafions, 1 finde them not

:ſoſtrange:bur when | readorhem in Suetonius Tran
. quillus gatheredinto tytles and bundles, and not in

orderot time, they ſeeme more monſtrous and in.
credible,So.js4t of any Philoſophy reportedentier,
and diſmembred by Articles . Neither doeI cx-

.clude opinions of latter times to bee likewiſe repre-

ſented, in this Kalender of Sets of Philoſophic,as
that of-T heophraftus Paraceſſus, eloquently reduced
intoan harmonie, -by the Penne of Sexerinusthe
Dane: Andthatof Tyiſins, and his Scholler-Do-
nius, being as a 'Paſtorall Philoſophy , full of
ſenſe, bntof no-great depth -- Andthatof Fra-

-cafterins, who though hee pretended notto make

-_ newe Philoſophy, yer didyſetheabſoluteneſle
of his owne ſenſe,vpon the olde. And that of Gi/ber-
tus, our countreyman, whoreuiued, withſomec
alterations, and demonſtrations, the opinions of
Xenophbanes, and any other worthy tobe admitted.
Thus haue wenowdealrwWtwoof the three beames
of Mans knowledge;that is &adius DirecFus,which is
referred ta/Nature,Radvres Refrattns, which is refer:
redro God, and cannot reporttruely becauſe ofthe
incqualiticofthe Medium, There reſteth Radius Re-

* flexus, whereby Man beholdeth and contemplateth

himſetfe.
J E come therefore nowto thatknowledpe,
whercunto theancientOracledireethys,
which

36

which is,the knowledge of our ſelnes: which deferucth
the more accurate handling, by howe muchit tou.
cheth ys more ncercly... This knowledge asitis the
endand Terme of Naturall Philoſophy ix the interns

-'Thefhomelhoug. .T

| ©. tionof Man: So notwithſtanding itis buta portion

of Naturall-Philoſophy in the continent of Nature:
And generally letthis be a Rule,. that all partitions
ofknowledges,be accepted rather for nes &weines,
then for ſeltions and ſeparations;and thatthe continu.
anceandentirenes of kaowledge be preſferued. For
the contrary hereof hath made particular Sciences,
to become barren,ſhallow, & erronivus: while they
haue not bia Ne u:iſhed and Maintained fromthe
comon fountaine:Sowe [ce Cicero the Orator com -
plained of Socrates and his Schoole, that he was the

firſt that ſeparated Philoſophy , and Rhetoricke,
whereupon Rhetorick becamean cmptie &verball
Art. So wee may ſec that the opinion of Copernicus
touching the rotation of the earth;which Aftrono-
mic itſelf cinot corre; becauſe itisnot repugnant
toany ofthe P hainomena, yet Naturall Philoſophy
may correct. So we ſeealſothatthe Science of Me.
| Aigjne,jfitbe deltituted & forſaken by Natural Philo.
ſophy , itis not much better then an Empeirical pra
' Rize:withthisreſcruation therefore weproceed to
Hymane Purtocoernyor HymaNITrTIE,
which hath two parts : The one canſtdercth Man

eerecate,or di/{ributinely: The other congregate or in
{ogg AVMANE PHI LOSOPHY
is. cither STMPLE and PARTICVLAR,

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<'vL a x conlifſteth of the ſame parts, whereof Man
conſiſteth,thatis,ofKNnovvreDcoaes WHlch
R=eyncr Thr Bopy,GCofKNovvrieDG:
ES THATRESPECT THR MIND. But before
we :ſtribate ſo far,it is g00d to conſtitute. Forl doc
take the conſiderationin generall -, andatlargeof
HVMANENATYR x tobefittobeetmahcipate,8&
madea knowledge byitſelf,Notfo much inregard
of thoſe delightfull and elegant diſcourſes, which
haue bin made ofthe dignitie of Man , of his miſe-
ries , of hisfſtate and life, and thelike eAdjnnits
of his common and vndenided Nature -, but chiefe-
lyin regard of the knowledge' concerning the
SYMPATHIPS AND CONCORDANCESB Þ.
TvVVERNE THEWIND ANDBODY, Which
being mixed, cannot beproperly aſſigned to the
ſciences of cither.

This knowledge hath two branches, for as all
leagues and Amiries confiſt of mutuall Itefigence,
and mutuall officesSo this league of mindand bo-
dy,hath theſerwo parts, How theone diſcloſeth the 0.
ther , "and howthe one worketh pon the other, Di.

feonerie, 8 Impreſſion, The former of theſe hath be-
ontte two Arts,both'of Preaid7is or Preyotion where
ofthe one is honoured with the enquirie of Ari/to.
{le,8 the other of Hippocrates . Andalthough they
| have of hater rime bee vſcd ro be.goupled with
| - ſuperſtitions

ſuperſtitious and fanrafticallarts ;'yer being purged
and reftoredtotheir true ſtate ; they haue both of
'themalſolideground in nature, and aprofitable vſe
mlite, Theftuſtis PHy$SIO G6 NO MIE,which dil-
coxcreththe diſpolition of the mind,by the Lynca-
menrsof the bodice, Theſecond is the Expo s1-
TION OF NATVRALL DREAMES, Which
diſcouercth the ſtate of the bodie, by the imaginati-
onsof the minde, Inthe former of theſe, I note a
deficience, For © Ariſtorle hath verie ingeniouſly,
anddiligently handled the fatures of the bodie,bur
not the geſtures of the bodie; which are noleſle
comprehenliblebyart,and of greater vie, and ad-
uantage. For the Lyneaments of the bodie doe dil-
cloſe Pi diſpolitionand inclination of the minde in
generall; but the Motions of the countenance and
parts, doenot onely {o, but doe further diſcloſethe
preſent humour and ſtateof the mind & will, Foras
your Maicflic (ayth moſt aptly and elegantly; As
theT one ue (peaketh to the Eare, ſo the geſture ſpeakerh to
theEze, Andiherefore a number of (ubtile perſons,
whoſe eyes doe dwell vpon the faces and faſhions
of men; doe well know the aduantage of this ob-
ſeruation ; as being moſt part of their abilitie; nei-
ther can it bee denied, bur that it isa great diſcoue-
ric of diſsimulations, and a great direction in Bu-
lirefle,
| The later Bravnch, touching IMprt$510N
hath not beene collected into Art ; buthath beene
handled diſperſedly and it hath the ſame relation
| K k Or

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or Antiſtrophe, that the former hath, For the con-
ſideration is double, EiTHter Hovv, AND
Hovv Farreg The Hvmoves ANnDAFr-
ECTS Or Thz BoDisr, Dot ALTrtR On
WoORKEVPONTHEMIND; or againe,H o vy
AnD Hovv FarREg The PASSIONS, OR
APPREHENSIONS OF I net Minpe, Dos
ALTER OR Worke VeoN The Bopit.
T he former of theſe, hath beene enquired and con-
Gdered, asa part, and appendix of Medicine, but
much more as.a part of Religion or (1perſiition,
For the Philitian preſcribeth Cures of the mindein
Phrenſics,and melancholy paſsions; and pretendeth
2ſoto exhibite Medicines to. exhilarate the minde,
to confirmethe courage, to clarihe the vvirs, to cor-
roboraterhe memorie,and the like; bur the ſcruples
and ſuperſtitions of Diet, and other Regiment of
the body inthe ſe ofthe ?3rhavoreans,in the Hereſy
of the Manicheas, and in the Lawe of Mahumer doe
exceede; So likewiſe the ordinances in the Cere-
moniall Lawe, interdiQting the eating of the blood,
and the fatte; diſtinguiſhing between beaſts cleane
and vncleane for meat; are many and ſtrict. Nay,
the faith it (elfe, being cleere and (crene from all
cloudes of Ceremonie, yet retaineth the vle of fa-
ſtings, abſtinences, and other Macerarions and hu-
miliations of the bodie,as things reall, &nor figura-
tive. Theroote and life of all which-preſcripts, is
(beſides the Ceremonie,) the conlideration of that
dependancie, which the affeQions of the mind are
| ER ſubmitted

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ſubmitted vnto, vpon theſtareand diſpoſition of the
bodice. Andif any man of weake iudgement doe
conceiue, that this ſuffering of the minde from the

bodie, doth either queſtionthe Immortalitie, or de.
rogate trom the ſoueraigntie of thefoule; hee may
beraught in cate inſtances, that the Infant in the.

mothers wombe, is compatible with the mother,

and yet ſeparable: And the moſt ablolute Monarch

is (ometimes leddeby his (eruants, and yet withour

ſubiction Asforthereciprocall knowledge,which

is the operation of the conceits and palsions of the

minde vppon the bodie ; Welceallwile Philitians
in the preſcriptions of their regiments their Pari-

ents, doe ever conlider Accidenria animi : as of great

force to furtheror hinder remedies, or recoueries ;
and more ſpecially it is an inquirie of great depth
and werth, concerning IM A G1NATION, how,
and howe farre italtereth the bodie proper of the
Imaginant, For although it hatha manifeſt power to
Hwrr, it followeth nor, it hath the lame degree of
power to helpe. No morethan amancan conclude,
that becauſe there be peſtilent Ayres, able fodainely
to kill a man in health; therefore there ſhould bee
ſoueraigne ayres,able ſodainly tocurea man in (ick-
neſſe. But the inquilition of this part isof great vſe,
thoughitneedeth, as Socrates layd, A Delian diner,
being difficult & profound. But vntoall this know-
TedgeDeE Commvni VINCVLO, of the Con-
cordances betyeenethe Mind and the bodie: that
* Partof Enquirie is moſt neceffarie, which conſide-
Kk 2 ret

ws” Of the Aduancement of Learning,

reth of the Seares, and Domiciles which the ſcucra!!
faculties of the minde,doe take and occupate in the
Organs of the bodice, which knowledge hath been
attempted, and 1s controuerted, and delerueth
to bee much better inquired. For the opinion
of Plato, who placed rhe Ynaderſlandine in the
Braine 3 <_Animoſaie, ( Which hee did vnhuly call
Aner, hauing a greater mixture with Priac)
in the Heart ; and Coxcupiſcence or Senſualitie 11
the Liver, deſerueth not to bee deſpiſed, but much
leſle to be allowed. So then we haue conſtituted (as
in our own wiſh and aduile) che inquiric T o v Cx-
ING HvMANE NaTvrEg ENTYER; as 4a uſt
portion of knowledge, tobe handled aparr.
The knowledge that concerneth mans bodie,
is diuided as the good of mans bodie is diuided,
vnto which itreterreth. The good of mans body,
is of foure kindes; Health, Beaurie, Strength, and
Pleaſure. $6, the knowledges are Meaicme, or Arr
of Cure: Art of Decoration; Which is called Co/me-
tike: Art of Attinitie, Which is called A4thlerike :
and Ars Yoluptuaric, Which T acitus truely calleth
Eruditas Luxius. This Subie&t of mans bodie, is of
all other thinges in Nature, moſt ſuſceptible of re-
medic: bur then that Remedie is moſt ſuſceptible
of errour, For the ſame Subtilitic of the ſubicR,
doth caule large poſsibilitie, and calie fayling : and
therefore the enquirie ought to bethe more exact.
Toſpeaktherfore of M-4iciz?,&torefume that we
haue(ayd, aſcending a litlc higher; The ancient opi-
- nion

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' nienthat 34472 was Microcoſmns, an Abſtralt or M 0-

deilot the world, hath beene fantaſtically fireyned
by Parace{ſus, and the Alchimiſts, as itthere wereto
be ſound in mans bezy certaine correſpondences, &
parallells, which (old haue reſpectto all varieties of
things .as ſtarres, planets,minerals, which are extant
inthe great world, But thus much 1s cuidently true,
that of all {ubſtances, which Nature hath produced,
mans bodie is the moſt extreamly compounded.For
welechearbs &plants are norithedby carth & wa-
er ; Beaſts for the moſt part, by hearbs & fruits; Man
by the fleth of Beaſts, Birds,Fiſhes, Hearbs,Grains,
Fruits, Water, & the manifold alterations, dreſsings,
and preparations of theſe ſeuerall bodies, before
they come to be his food Kaliment, Adde hereunto
that Beaſts hauca more {imple order of lite, and lefle
change of AffeCtions to worke vppon their bo-
dies, whereas man in his Acanlion, ſleepe, exerciſe,
paſsions, hath infinit variations; and it cannot be de-
nied,but-that the bode of 21az ofall other things, is of
the moſt compounded Maſle, The foule on the other
lide is the limpleſt of ſubſtances, as is well expreſſed,
Purumg; reliquis
eAzrereum ſenſumatque _Aurai ſunplicis ignem.
So that it is no maruaile,though zhe ſoule ſo placed,
enioy no reſt, if that principle be true, that Motus
rerums eft rapids extra lorwn, Placidws in loco. But
to the purpoſe, this variable compoſition of mans
bodie Faarh made it as an Inſtrument eaſte to
to ditemper ; and therefore the Poets did well to
| Kk 3 conioyne

Of the aduancement of learning,

conioyneMy $ICKEand MEDICINE in 4polt,
becauſethe Office of Medicine, is but to tune this
curious Harpe of mans'bodie; and to reduceitto
Harmonie. So then the Subie#t being fo Variable,
hath made the Arr by confequent more co
ie nrall, and the Art being ConieQAturall, hath
made ſo much the more place to bee left for
impoſture. For almoſt all other Arrsand Sciences,
indged by Acts, or Maſter peeces, as I may
rcrme them, and nor by the ſucceſſes, and euents.
The Lawyer is indged by the vertue of his plea.
ding, and notby the yſlue of the cauſe: The Maſter
in the Shippe, !s iudged by the direQing his courſe
aright, and not by the fortune of the Voyage : Bur
the Phiſitian, and perhaps the Politique, hathno
particular Acts demonſtratiue of his abilitie, but is
wdged moſtby the.cuent : whichiseuer bur as it is
taken; for who can tell if a Patient die or recouer,
or if a State be preſerued,or ruyned, whether it b=
Art or Accident? Andtheretore many times the Im-
poſtor is prized, and the man of vertue taxed.
Nay, we ſee weakenefle and credulitie of men, is
ſuch, as they will often preterrea Montabanke or
Witch, bcfore a learned Philnian. And thereforc
the Poets were cleere {tghted in diſcerning this cx-
ereame folly, when they made. £/cu'apins,and Cirre,
Brother and Siſter, both Children of the Sunne, as
in the verſes.

Ipſe repertorem medicine talis & artis,

Fulmiz:Phobigenam /?y2ias derrnfit ad vn. tac,

/

And

The ſecond book. 40

- Andagaine. ;
Dints inacceſs0s vbiSolis filia ucos, Oc,
For in alltimes in the opinion of themultitude,
Witches, and old women,and Impoſtors haue had

Competicion with Philitians, And what followeth?
Even this that Phiſitians ſay to themſclues, as Salo-
mon exprefleth it vpon an higher occalion: If ir be-
fall ta me, as befallerh to the fooles, why ſbould 1 labour
ro be more wiſe ? And therefore I cannot much blame
Philitians, that they vie commonly to intend ſome
other Art gr practiſe, which they tancie,more than
* their profeſsion, For you (hall haue of them: Anti-
quaries, Poets, Humaniſts, State{-men, Marchants,
Liuines, and in euerie of theſe better ſ{eene, than in

en ce

maketh no difference in prohte or reputation to-
wards their fortune: for the w ae Faris, |
and {weetneſſe of life, and Nature of hope maketh
men depend vpon Philitians, with all their defeCts.
But neuerthekeſſe, theſe things which we haueſpo-
ken of, arecourſes begotten betweenea little occa-
kion, and a great deale of ſloath and default : for if
we will excite and awake our obleruation, we ſhall
fee in familiar inſtances, what a predominant facul-
tie, The Subrilrie of Spirite, hath ouer the
P arictie of Matter, or Fourme : Nothing. more
variable then faces and countenanccs : yet men
can beaie in memorie the infinite diſtinctions

of them, Nay, a Painter with a fewe ſhelles of
| Kk 4 colors.

© Of the Aduancement of Learning, |

colours, and the bencfite of his Eye, and habite of
his imagination cantmitate them all that ever havc
ben, ar,ormay be,it they were trought beforehim,
Nothing more variable than voices, yer men can
likewiſe diſcern themperſonally, nay you ſhallhauec
a B::ffon; or PantoimimusWiltexprelle as many as hee
plealterh,” Nothing more variable,thanthe differing
{ounds of words,yet men have found the way to re-
duce thEtoa fey {imple Letters; {orhat it is not the
in [afficicncy or incapacity of mans mind; bur it isthe re-
more ſtan1igs or placine thereof, that breedeth theſc
Mazes and 1ncomprehenſitons ; for as the ſence a far
off, is full of miſtaking, but is exact at hand, fo js it
of the vnderſtanding; The remedie whereof, is nor
toquickenor ſtrengthen the Organ, but to goe nee-
rer tothe obicct ; and therefore there is no doubr,
but if the Philitianswill learne, and vſe the true ap-
proaches and Avenues of Nature, they may aflume
as much as the Poerſayth;
Er quoniam variant Morb!,uariabimus artes,
Mille Mali ſpectes, alle Salutis erunt,
Which that they ſhould doe, the nobleneſle of
their Art doth deſerve ; well ſhadowed by the Po-
ets, inthatthey made Aeſcu/apins to be the ſonne of
Sunne, the one being the fountaine of life, the other
asrhe ſecond ftreame; but inhnitely more honored
by the exampleof our Sauiour, who madethe body
of mantheobieQ of his miracles, as the fonle was
the obicC of his DoQtrine. For wee reaUenot that
eucr he vouchlafed todoe any miracleabout honor,

Ot

The fend Boe, 4a

or money, (except that one for gining Tribure to
Ceſar) but onely about the preſeruing, ſuſtayning,
and healing thebodk of man.

Medicine isa Science, which hath beene (as wee
haue layd)more profeſled, than labored, & yet more
labored, than a the labor hauing been, in
my iudgement, rather incircle,than in progreſsion,
For, I inde muchlteration, but (hall Addition, Tr
conſiderethcauſes of Diſeaſe 5, mph rhe occaſions or 191<
p#iſrons: The Diſeaſes rhemſelues, with the A ciri-
dents: and the Cures, with the Preſeruations. 7 he
Deficiences which I thinke good ronote, being a
few of many,& thoſe (uch,asar of a more openand
manifeſt Nature, I will enumerate, andnot place.

The firſtis the diſcontinuance of the auncient yy, ar;45
and (erious diligence of Hyppocrares, Which vied to yes nega
ſctdowne a Narratine of theſpeciall cafes ot his pa- ;;ya/es,

tientes,and how they proceeded, & how they were
mdged by recouery or death, 71 herefore haui
an example proper inthe father ofthe art, I ſhalnor
necdeto alledge an example forraine, ofthe wile-
| dome of the Lawyers, who arecarctullto reporte
new caſes and dectlions, for the dire& ion of future
mdgeraents. This continuance of Medrina'! Hiſtory,
I find deficient, which I vaderſtand neither to be (o
infinite as to extend to euery common C:ſe,nor {0 re-
(erued, as to admit none but /Yoonders : for many
thinges arc new inthe aZ4nrer, whicharenornew
inthe K:mdc,andif men will intendto obſeruc, they
ſhall fndemuchworthy to obſerue, :
L 1 n

Com parad-
FA,

» Of the aduancement of learning,

Anatoma- the inquiriewhichis madeby A4natomie,l tinde
much deficience::for they enquire of the Parrs,and

their Subſtances, Figures, and Colocgiions; But they
enquire norotthe Diner ſuties of vhe Parts, the Secre-
cies of che Paſſages; andrhe ſears or neaſtlng of rhe hu.
mours ;nor much of the Foor-ſteps, andimpreſ$ions of

Diſeaſes; Thereaſon of which omils1on, 1 luppolc
tobe, becaulethe firſt enquiriemay be latished, in
the view of one orgutew Anatomies: bur thelatter

being comparatiueand caſnall, muſt ariſe tromthe
view of many. Andasto the diuertitie of parts, there
t nodoubt bur the tatture or traming of the inward
arts, is as full of difference,as the outward, and in

. 40 is rhe Cauſe Continent of many dileaſes, which
not being obſerued,they quarrell many times with
thehumors whicharenor in fault, the fault being in
theveryframe and Mechanicke ofthe parte,which
camorberemoued by medicinealteratine, but muſt
be accomodateand palliate by dyets and medicines
familiar. Andfor the paſſages and pores, it is true
which was aunciently noted, that the moreſubtile
ofthem appearenor in anatomyes;becauſe they are
ſhurand latent in dead bodies,though they be open
and manifeſt inline: which being ſuppoſed, thongh
the inhumanity of Anaromia vinorz Was by C-lſus inſt
ly-reproued:yer in regard of the great v(c of this ob-
teruation,the inquiry needed not by himſo fleightly
to haue ben relinquiſhed altogether, or referredto
the caſuall praQiiſes of ſurgerie, but monght hane
been well diuerredvponthe diſleQion of beaftes a-
| hue,

The" ſecond Booke. \\_4.2
live, which notwithſtanding the diſsimilitude of
their parts, may ſufficiently (atsfiethis inquirie, And
forthe humors, they are commonly palled ouer in
Anatomics,as purgaments,whereasitis moſt nece(-
farie to obterue;what cauities,neſtes & recepracles
the humors doe tinde inthe pgrts,withthe differing
kinde of the humor (0 lodgedand receined. And
as for the tooreſteps of dileales, &their deuaſtations
of the inward parts, impoſtumartions, exulcerations,
diſcominuations, putretactions,conſumprions,con-
traQtions,extenlions, convulſions, diſlocations, ob-
ſtrucions, repletions, together with all preterna-
tural (ubſtances,as ſtones,carnolities,excreſcences,
wormes, andthe like:they ought to haue beene ex-+
attly obſerued by multitude of Anatomies, and
the contribution of mens ſeuerall experiences; and J
carefully ſet downe both hiſtorically according to
the appearances, andartificially wirhareterence to
the diſcales and ſymptomes which Teſtilted from
them, in caſe where the Anatomy is of a defunQ pa»
tient;:wheras now vpon opening of bodies,theyare
paſſed ouer ſleightly,and infilence; |

In the inquirie of diſcales, they doe abandon ,, quiſitis
the cures ofmany,ſomeas in their nature incurable, ,,j,,,-,.
and others as paſſed the periode of cure ; ſo that Syl> ,,,,p..:.
la and the Triumvirsnener proſcribedſo manymen /7,,,...
tro die,asrhey doe by their 1gnorant ediQtes,where-j,,
of numbers do eſcape withleſſe difficulty,then they
did inthe Romane fr op tka l wilnot

doubrt,to note asa deficience, that they inquirenot
fs the

"s .Of the Aduancement of Learning,

theperfitecures-of many diſcafcs, or extremities of
dilcaſes, but pronouncing them incurabie, doc
enact a lawe of negleQ, & cxempr ignorance from
dilcredite,
De Eutha- |, Nayfurther,Lefteemeic the office of a Philiti-
naſuu exie- on,not onelytoreſtore health, butro mitigate pain
riere, anddolors, and noronely when ſuch mittization
may conducetorecouery,but when it may ſerue to
_ afayreand caliepallage: for it is: no (mall fe-
licitie which _Anguſius Cejar Was wont towrHh to
himſelfe,that ſameExrhonaſuc,and which was ſpeci-
ally noted in the death- of Arreninus Pins, whole
death was after the faſhionandiſemblance ofa kind-
ly & pteafant{leepe.-Soitis wricten of Fp:;rurusthir
after his diſcaſe was judged deſperate, he drowned
his tomacke andſenſes with a large draught and in-
gurgitation of wine, whereuponthe Epigram was
ade; Hine ſtyzias Ebrins hanſu aquas: He was not
ſober icnoughtoralte any birternefie-of the ſiygian
water. But the Phiſitions contrariwiſe doe ns a
| kinde of ſcruple and Religion toftay withthe pati-
ent after thediſeaſets deplored,wheras, tn myiudg-
mentthey ought ' both to enquire the $kill, andto
giue the attendancesfor the facilitating &aflwaging

ofthe paynes and agonies of death,

Inthe conſideration of the Cures of dil: aſes;] find
a dcficience inthe Receipres of proprietie, reſpec-
ing the particular cures of diſeaſes: for the Phiſiti-
ans haue fruſtrated the fruite of tradition & experi-

£0 ence by their magiſtraliries,in adding and taking m_
gp an

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EXPEr f=.
went ales.

'T he ſecond Booke. 4
and changing, 2»idproquo, intheir receiptes, ar
their pleatures, commanding {o ouer the medicine,
asthe medicine cannot commmad ouecr the dilcale:
For exceptit be Treacle and Mythridath, &oflate*
Piaſcordinm,and atew more,they tye themſelues to
norcceiptesſcuerclyand religiouſly : for as to the
confections of ſale,which are m the ſhoppes, they
are for readines,and not for proprictie: for they are
vpon generall intentions of purging,opening, com-
forting ,altering,and not much appropriate rq,yar-
ticular Dilcaſes; and this is the cauſe why Empe- i»
riques, and ould women are, more happie many
times in their Cures, thanlearned Phiſitians ; be-
cauſe theyare morereligious in holdingtheir Medi-
cines. 7 herefore here is the deficience which
finde, that Phiſitians hauenot partly our of their
one practize, partly our ofthe conſtant probations
reported in bookes; & partly out of the traditions of
Emperiques:ſ{etdowne and delivered oner,certaine
Experimental Mdicines, tor the Cure of particular
Diſeaſes; beſides their owne Corntec7Zuralland Magt-
hy deſcriprions, For as they werethe menof the

eft Compoſition inthe State of Rome, which either

being Conſuls inclined tothe peoplez or being 7ri-

bunes inclined tothe Senat:ſo inthematter wenow

handle, they bethe beſt Phiſitians,whichbeing lear-

ned incline tothe traditions of experience; or being rr;

Emperiques, incline tothe methods of learning. ' yy; urs in

In preparation of a/edieines, 1 doe finde firange pajyeis, e2+
ſpecially,confidering how mineral #edicines have 4,,;, x4.

- "008 Lt 3 beene jijnalibus

| v Of bs Aly a , of learning,

beencextolled ;'arid that theyare ſafer, for the oiir-
ward, than inward parts, that no man hath{ought,
ro make an [mitation by Art of Naturall Bathes, and
Aedicinable fountaines: which neuerthelefle are
' confeſſed to; receive their vertues from Afinerals:
and nor ſo onely, bur diſcerned and diſtinguiſhed
from what particular 24ynerall they recciue Tin-
Qure,as Sulphur, Virriole, ſteele, or the like: which
Narureif irtnay be reduced ro compolitions of art,
bothbahe varicticof'themwill be'encrealed, &the
temper ofthem will bemore commanded.

Filam Me- \- ButteaſtIprow1tg be more particular, than is a+
dicinale,i- greeable, cher tomy'intention, or to proportion;l

we de vici- Wilt conclude this part withthe note of one defici-
-bus Medi- encemore, which {cemerh to me of greateſt conſ(e-
cinarum. quence; which is, that the preſcripts in vſe, aretoo
compendious toatraine their end: torto my vnder-

ſanding, it is a'vaine'and'flattering opinion, rothink

any adicinecan beſo ſoucraigne, orio happie, as
thatthe Receit or vſe of it, can worke My great ef.

fe vpon the bodice of man;itwereafirange ſpeach,

which ſpoken, or ſpoken oft, ſhouldreclaimea man

from avice;to which he were by narure ſubieR:
it is order, pourſuite, ſequence, and interchange of

application, which is mightiein-nature ; which al-

though it require more exact knowledgein'preſcri-

| . bing, and&more' preciſe obedicace im obſerving,

yet is recompenced with the magnitude of effects,

= And alttiongh a man would thinke by the day-
: ly viſlications of the Philitians, that there were a
\i "HT | pourluance

The ſecond booke, 4.4.

pourſuance inthe cure; yetleta manlookinto their
preſcripts and miniſtrations, and he ſhall hndethem
butinconſtancies, and euerie dayes deuiſes, without
any ſetled prouidence or protect 5 Not that cueric
{(crupulous or ſuperſtitious prelcriptis effeCtuall, no
more than-cuerie ſtraight way,isthe way to heauen,
bur the 774rh of rhe direction, mult precede ſcueririe
of obſeruance,

For Co/metique, it hath parts Ciuile,and parts EF-
feminate: for leans of bodice, was cuer eſteemed
to proceede fromadiiercuerence to God, to locie-
tic, and to our (clues. Asfor artificialldecoration, it
ts well worthy ofthe deficiences whichirt hath: be-
ing neither fine inoughtodeceiuenor handiome ts
vie, nor wholeſome to pleaſe.

For A4thlerique, | rakethe ſubiect of it largely,thar
is to ſay, for any point ofabilitie, whereumothebo-
dic of man may be brought, whether ithe of 4&7-
nitie,or of Patien'e,wherot Attuitiehathiwo parts,
Strenzth and Swifineſse : And Partencelikewile hath
two parts, {1ardxe($e againſt wants and extremities;
and 1ndurance of payne, or rorment.; whereofwelſee
the practiſes in Tumblers, in Sauages, and in-thoſe
that ſuffer puniſhment: Nay, if there be anyother
facultie, which falles not within any of the former
diuiſions, as in thoſethat dine,that obtaine a ſirange
. power of contayning reſpiration, and the hke,[ re-
ferre it tothis part, . Of theſe thinges the pracliſes
are knowne: but the Philoſophie'that concerneth

them is not much enquired: the ratherl thinke,
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becauſe theyareſuppoſed to be obtayned, cither by
an aptneſle of Nature, which cannot be taught; or
onely by continual cuſtome ; which is ſoone pre-
ſcribed; which. though, it bee nottrue : yetl for-
beace to-note any dehciences : for the Olympian
Gamesare downe long fince: and the mediocritic
of theſe thinges.is for vic : As forthe excellencie of
them, it ſerueth for the moſt parr,but for me: cenary
oſtemaation. £07

For Arts of pleaſare ſenſuall, the chiete deficience
in them, is of-Zawes-to reprelle them. 7or as it
hath beene well obſerned, that the Arts which fls-
riſk intimes, while vertue is ingrowth, are 14/:t4-
712: and while vere is in State are Ziberall: and
while vertue is indeclination, are volypraarie : ſol
doubt, that this age of the world, is ſomewhat vpon
thedeſcent of the wheele; with Arts volupraarie,l
couple praQiſes Jecularie; for the deceining of the
ſences, 1s one of theplcaſuresofthe ences. * As for
Games of recreation, lhould them to belong to Ci-
uile life, and education. And thus much of that par-
ticular HyMANzs PHiLoSOPHIE, WHICH
CONCERNESTHE BOD1E, Which is but the
Tabernacleof theminde, © ©

Or HymantKNovvLEeDGE, WHICH
CONCERNES'T HE AM1ND, ithathtwo parts,
theonethat enquirethof THESVBSTAN CE,
4Ok NaTvkeEOrTrneSovLEOR MinpThe
other, that enquireth of the FACVvLT1ts OR

FyNCT1-

The ſcon Bake, 45

FvNCTIONSTHEREOF: vntothefirſt of theſe,
the conliderations of the 0ricinall of the ſoule, whes
ther it be Natize or adurmiines and how farre it is ex-
empreidfrom Lawes of Matier, and of the Immortalitie
thereafand many other points do appertaine, which
haue been not more laboriouſly enquired , than
variouſly reported; foas the trauaile therceinraken,
ſcemethto hauebenrather in a Maze,than in a way,
But although Iam of opinion,that xhis knowledge
_ maybemorereallyand ſoundly enquired cuen in
Nature, than it hath been; yer [ hold, thatinthe end
it muſt be bounded by Religion ; or elſe itwillbee
{ubicQ rodeceiteand deluſion : for asthe ſubſtance
of the (oule inthe Creation, was not extracted our
of the Maſſe of heauen and carth, by the benediQi-
on of a Producar : but was immediately inſpired
from God, ſo it is not polsible that it ſhould bee (0-
-therwiſe than by accident) ſubiect ro the Lawes of
Heauen and Earth; whichare the ſubiet of Philoſophies
And therefore the true knowledge of the Nature,
and ftate of the (oule, muſt come by the ſame in{p1-
ration, thatgaue the ſubſtance. Vnto this part of
knowledgerouching the {oule,there berwo appen-
dices, whichas they haue ben handled, hanerather
vapoured foorth fables, than kindled truth; Dr v 1-
NATION, andFASCINATION. |»
D1v1NATION, hath beeneanciemtly and htly
divided into t_Arrificiall and Narwrall ;whereot Ar-
rrficiall is, when the minde maketh a-prediction by
argument, concluding vpon lignes and tokens: Ne-
| Mm rural

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2:34 {af

cement of learning,

rurallis, when themindehath apreſention byan in-
termall power, wirhourthe inducement of a ligne.
_Artficral/iv ot twolores,cnher when theargament
is coupled with a derivation of cauſes, which is707;+
oxalls or when its onely grounded vpon a/Coinci-
dence of the effe, which is experimenral/; whereof
the later forthe moſt part, is ſuperſtitious: Such as
werethe Heathen obleruations,vpomheinſpeQion
of.Sacritices, theflights of birds, thetrwyarming of
Bees; and fuch as was the Chaldean <A trolorie and
the like. For Arrificall Diumarien, the (euerall kinds
thereofare diſtributed amongſt particular knowled-
pes. \ The 4i##ronomer hath his-prediQtions, as of
coniunCtions, aſpects; Ecliptes. and'the like: 7 he
Phiſitian hath his predictions, of death, of recoue-
ric; ofthe accidents andiflties of Diſeates, 7 he Pos
litique hath his prediQtions, '0'vrbexs wnalem, ©
eiroperituram, fi emprorem tmucnerit 3 which flayed:
not long to beeperfourmed in/$51l; firft, and after in
Ceſar So asthele predictions are now imperriner, &
to be referredoner. Bur theD1u/nu70n, which (prin.
gethfrs the internalmature ofthe ſoul;isthat which
wenow ſpeak ot;whichhath ben maderobeoftwo
ſorts; Primitive and by !»fluxion.Primitiueis groun-
ded vpontheſuppoſition, that the minde whenir is
withdrawne and colleQted into it ſelfe, and nor dif-
fuſed imo the Organesof the bodie, hath ſfome-ex-
rent andHatirude of prenotion; whichtherefore ap-
peareth moſt inſleepe, in extafies, and'nere death;
and more rarely.in-wakingapprehenſions;and'igin«
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duced and furthered by thoſe abſtinences, and ob-
(eruances, which makethe mindemoſt to conlifſt in
ivlelte. By influxionis grounded vponthe conceir,
that the mind; as. a mirror or glaſſe, thould rake i!l1-
mination from the fore- knowledge of God and {pi-
rits, vnto which the ſame Regiment doth likewiſe
conduce. For the retyring of the minde within it
{elfe, 1s the State which 1s-moſt ſuſceptible of di-
uine infliixions; ſauetharit is accompanied in this
caſe with a fteruencie and elevation, (which the an:
cients noted by /w7e) and not with a repoſe and
and quiet, as 1t 15 inthe other, |
Faſcination is the power and att of Imagination,
iarenltue vpon other bodies, than the bodie of the
Imaginant; tor of that weſpake inthe proper place:
wherein the Schoole of Paracel/#5,and the Diſciples
of pretended Naturall 2fagicke, hane beene ſo in-
temperate, as they haneexalted the power of the
imagination, to be much one with the power of
Arracle-workins faith : others that drawe neerer
to Probabilitie, calling totheir view the ſecret pal:
ſages of things, and ſpecially of the Contagion that
palleth frombodieto bodie, doe conceive it ſhoit}d
likewiſe beagreeable ro Nature, that there ſhould
be ſome tran{miſsions and operations from ſpifit ro
ſpirit, withoutthe mediation of theſences, whence
_ theconcenshauegrowne.(now almoſtmade ciuile)
of the Maiſtring Spirite, & the force of confidence;
and thelike. Incident vntothis, 1s the inquirichow
to raiſe and fortifiethe imagination, for if the Ima-
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ement of Learning,
gination fortified have power, then ir is material!
roknow howto fortifie and exalt. ict. -And herein
comes iu:crookedly and dangerouſly, a palliation ot
a great part of Ceremeniall Mazicke , For it may bee
pretended, that Ceremonies, Charatters, and Charyres
doe worke, not by any Tacite or Sacramenral con-
rrefiwith euill ſpirits; but {erueonely to ſtrengthen |
the imagination of him that vſeth-it 3 as Images are
ſaid by the Romane Charch, to fix the cogitations, and
raiſe the deuotians of them thar pray beforethem,
But for mine owne iudgment, if it be admitted thar
Imagination hath power ; and that Ceremonies
fortthe Imagination, & that they be vſed {incerely &
intentionally for tharpurpole: yer I (ould hold them
vnlawfull, as oppoſing to that firſt edit, which God
gane vnto man. x ſudore vulrus comedes Panem ru-
am. For they propound thoſenoble effeAs which
God hath ſer foorth vnto man, to bee boughr atthe
price of Laboure, to bee attained byateweealie
and (lothful obſeruances.Deficiences in theſe know-
ledges wilreportnone,other than the generall de-
ficience, that.it is not knowne, how much of them
is veritie, and how much vanitie.

Tas KNOVVLEDGE WhicH ResPECTETH The
FACVLTES Or The Minnes Or Man, 1s of two
kinds: The one reſpeQing his VNDersSTANDING
and RzxaSON,andthe other his WiLL, AppETITE,&
AFFECTION, Wherof theformer produceth Pos1-
FION orDxcrex, the hter Actionor ExtcvTHh-
. oN\Itistruethatthe /maginarion is an Azent,0r Nun-
r14s

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the
Miniſterial. For Sence ſendethouer to Imarination,
before Reaſon haue __ and Keaſonſenderh ouer
to /ma:in4110n, beſorethe Decree can beatted. For
Imaginaiion ever precedeth Yoluntary Atotion. Sa
uing that this /ams_of /mzwarion bath differing
faces ; for the face towards Keaſor, hath the princ
of Truth. But the face towards 4&ion,hath the prinr
of Good; which neuertheleſle are faces,
Luales aecet 0 Neither. its the

FM Mannion (tm pty and onelya Meſſenger; bur 15 1n-
ueſted with, or atleaſt wiſe vſurperhnavdmaituuchos.
no {mall authoritic in it felfe ; betides the duty ofthe
Meſlage. For it was well ſayd by 4riſtorle : Thar the
minde hath cuer the Bodie that commaundement which
the Lord bath ouer a Bond-man 3 But ,that Reaſon hath
aner the WOER ination that Commandement, which a Ma-
Siſtrate bet over afreeCitizens3 who may come allo
to rule in his turne, For we fee, that in matters of
Faith & Reliion, weraile our Imazinarionaboue our
Reaſon, whichis the cauſe why KRelg7on ſought cuer =

acceſſe to the Atinde by Similitudes, Types, Pa-:
rables, Viſions, Dreames. ' And againe in all per-
ſwaſions that are wrought by eloquence, and 6»
ther impreſsion of like Nature, which doe paint
and diſguife the true appearance of thinges, the
cheefe recommendation vnto Reaſon, is from the
Imatination, Neucrtheleſle, becauſe I finde nor

2ny Science, that doth; -properly or - fitly per-
taine to the oImAa GINATION, 1 fee: no cauſe
Mm 3 to

ro/alter the former diunifton, For as for Poelic, it is
rather a pleaſure, or play of imagination, than a
worke ordutic thereot.. Andit itbea worke; wee
{peake:notmnoweot tuch pattesot learning, as the
Imagination produceth,burotiuch Sciences,as han-
dleandconſider of the 1ma:ination. No morethan
wee ſhall{peake,nowe of (ueh Know/edes, as rea-
{on produceth,(tor that extendethio all Philoſophy)
bur of ſuch, Knowledges, as dochandleand enquire
of the farditie'of Reaſon 3 Soas Poejie had his truc
place. As:for the power ot on Imagination in na-
ture, and the-manner of forritying the lame, wee
haue mentioned itinthe Doctrine De 4nima, wher-
vnto moſt fitly it belongeth. And laſtly, tor 1724g7-
nariue, « or Infnuarive Reaſon, Which istheſubie
of Rhetoricke, weethinke it beſt to reterre ittothe
Arts of Reaſon.” Sotheretore we content ourſclues:
withthe former dmifion, that Huamane-Philsſophy,
which reſpeReththefacultiesof the minde'ofman,
hathtwo parts, RATIONALLand M OR ALL,

The parrof humane Philoſophie, which is Ra-
tionall,is ofall knowledges.corhemoſt wits theleaft
delightfull :and ſeemeth buta Net of ſubtilitie and
ſpinolttic, For as it was truely ſayd,that Knowledge
is Pahulum animizSo inthe Nature ofmensappetite =
tothis foode, moſtmenare of the ralſt and ſtomach
of the l{raclites inthedeſert, that would faine haue
returned Ad ollas carnium, and were wearie of Mar-
»4, which though irwere celcſiiall, yet ſeemed leſle
nutritive and comfortable, So genesally men aſt
: Þ well

well 'knowledges: thar are drenched/in-fleſh/ and
blood, Crurle Hiſtorie, Aorafiitie, Policte,, about the

which mens afteCtions, prailes, fortunes doc turne
andare conuerfant:Butthis fame 7 amen (acrnm doth
parchand ofend moſt mens watry andfoft natures.
But co{peaketrulyof thinges as theyare inworth,
RATIO NALL Knowledces; are the keyes of all
other Arrs, For as 1,:/torle faythaptly andelegantly,
Tharthe bandis the Inſlrument of Inſtruments, and rhe
minae is the Fourme of Fourmes: Sothelebetruely ſaid
to be the Art of Arts: Neither do they onely direct,
but likewiſe confirme and ftrengrthen : euenas the
habite of ſhooting, dorhnort onelymnableta thoote
Tftecrer ſhoote;' but allo todraw a ſtronger Bowe.

The AxTs INTELLECT VALLz are fourc in
number, diuided according to the ends whereunto
they arc referred: for mans labonrys toimurm that
which is /o2/4 or" proponnded 2:07 to'inmugeithar
Which is /24en:ed: ortoretainethat: which 1s 1de-
ed: or 10 deliver onerthatwhichis retained. So as
the Arrs muſt bee fonre: ArRTx:of FNQVIRIE
orINvENTION t ART 'of EXAMINATION
orlvDGtmENT: AR Tof CVSTODTEOr Mt»
MOR1E: and ArRTOf ELOCV TION or I'RA:
DIT1ON.

\InvseNTION is of two kindes much diffe+
ring; The one of Ar TS and SCTEN CE$,andthe
other of SpxrCHand AR GV MENT % © The for-
mer of theſe, | doereport deficient? tyhnehſeemeth
tome tobe ſuchadehicience, asif inthe'making; of

Mm 4 al

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InvenFio
Iudicium
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©.Of the Aduancement of Learning,
an Inuentorie, touching the State of a detunQ, ir
ſhould be ſerdowne, 2 har thereis ns readie money,
For as money will ferchall other commodities ; to
this knowledge is that which ſhould purchaſe all
thereſt. Andlikeasthe eff Ives had neuer been
diſcouered, if the vie of the Mariners Needle, had
not been firlt diſcouered; though the one bee vaſt
Regions, and the other a {mall Motion. So it cannot
be tound ftrange, if Sciences bee no further diſco-
vecred, if the Artirſclfe of 1mnenrion and D:{concric,

hath been paſſed oner.

Thar thispartof Knowledge is wanting, to my
Indgement, ftandeth plainely confeſſed : for firlt
ekicAa non Loxckedoth NOT pretend ro 1nuent Screrres, or the
mt Axromata Axiomesof Sciences, but paſſerh it ouer with a C93
Harun - in ſud arte _ Rn Celſus acknowledgeth it
| ely, ſpeaking ofrhe Empirical and Dogmaticall
Crs Phiſitians: That 1 ng ——_— were
firſt found out, and then aſter rhe Reaſons and cauſes
werediſcouyſed: and nor the Canfes: firſt found our, and
by lehs from them the Medicines ani Cures diſceuered,
' AndPlaroinhis Threrernsnoteth well, T har parti-
culars are infinire, and the bijzher feneralivies fine 3.8
fafficient direttion: and that the pythe of all Sciences,
which maketh rhe Arts-man differ from the inexpert, is
i the middle propoſitions, which in exerie particular
knowledge are raken from T radjrion © Experience. And
therefore wee ſce, that they which diſcourſe of the
Inventionsand Originals of thinges, referre them

rather roChansce,thanto Arr, and rather to Bea#ts,
| [4 Biras,

"The ſecond Booke,

Eirds, Fiſbes, Serpents, than10 Xen.
Ditt amnum genetrix Crete carpit ab Ida,
Puberibus caulemfolys, © flore comantem
Purpures: nonilla feris incoonita Capris,

Gramina cum ber2ovol:cres heſere ſeoure,

So that it was no maruaile, (the manner of 4nt-
quirte being to conſecrate Inuentors)that the «2 3p-
7:1an5 had ſo few humane Idols intheic Temples,burt
almoſtall Brute:

Omnizexumqne Deum monſtra, & latrator Anubis

Comra Nepruni & YVenerem, contraqj Mineruam © c,
And if youlike better the traditionot the Grect-

ans, and a(cribethe firſt Inuentionsto Men, yet you

will rather belecuethat Prometheus firſt ſtroake the
flints, and maruailed at the ſparke, than that when
he firſt ſtroke the flints, he xpeCted theſparke; and
therefore we (ce the // eſt Inian Promethens, had
no intelligence with the Europzan, becauſe of the
rareneſſe withthemof flint, that gauethe firſt occa-

Gon: ſo as it ſhould ſeeme;that hetherto menarera-

ther bcholden to a wilde Goar for Surgerie, or to

Nightingale for Muſique, or to the 1bis for {ome

part of Phiſicke, or to the Pot-lidde, that ew open

for Arrtillerie, or generally to Cape, or any thinge
elſe, than to Zozrcke for the Inuention of Arts and.

Sciences. Neither is the fourme of Inuention,

which /ir:il/deſcribeth muchother,

Ft varias vſus meditanas extunacret artes,

Panlatim ,

For if you obſeruethewords well, it isnoothee
Nn _ methode

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Of the advancement of earning,

methode, than that which brute Beaſts are capable
of, and doe put in vre; which is aperpe: wall intending
or practiſns ſome one thin; vried andimpeſetby ap ah-
ſolure neceſs:11e of conſernarion of beinz ; For lo Ciccro
ſayth veric rruly; Y ſus v1 ret daeartus, Naturam © '
Artem ſ#pe vincir : And therefore it it bee fayd of
Men,

Labor omnia V'ncit
. Improbus, © duris vrLens inrebus eveſtas ;
It is likewile ſayd of beaſts, 2#7s P/11raco dorm [u-
w7 243? Who taught the Rauen in a drowth to
throw pibbles into an hollow tree, where ſhe ſpyed
water, that the water might riſe, ſo as ſhee might
"cometo it? who taught the Bee to ſayle through
ſucha vaſt Sea of ayre.and to finde the way from a
field in lower, a great way off, to her Hine? who
taught the Ant to bite euerie graine of Corne, that
ſhe burieth in her hill, leaſt it thould take rooteand
growe? Addethenthe word Extax/ere, which im-
porteth the extreamediſficultie, andrhe word P-
latiz: which importeth the extreame ſlowneſle; and
weare where we were, cuenamoneſt the E2yptians
Gois; there being little left tothe ſacultic of Reaſon,
and nothing tothe dutie of 47; for matter of 7y-
unention. E Eko nr
Secondly , the IndnCtion which the. Z2cirians
ſpeake of, and which (cemeth familiar with P/:.
70, Whereby the Principles of Sciences may be pre-
tended to be inuented, and ſo the middle propoli-

tions by deriuation from the Principles ; their
fourme

The ſecond Booke. 50
fourmeof InduQtion, [ ſay is vtterly vitions and in-
competent: whereintheir errour is the towler,be-

caule it is the duetie of Ars to pertecte and

exalt Nature : but they contrarievile have vron-

ged, abuſed, and traduced Nature. For hee that

' trallatrenciuely oblerue howe the minde doth ga-

ther this excellent dew of Knowledge, like vnto

that which the Poet ſpeakethof Uerermellts cale-

{ta dona, deſtilling and contryuing it out of parti- |
culars naturall and artifciall, as the flowers of q
the field and Garden : ſhall finde that the mind
of her ſelfe by Nature doth mannage , and
Acte an Induction , much better than they
deſcribe it, For to conclude wvppor an Enueme-
ration of particulars, without inſtance contradittorie +
is no concluſion: bur.a conieCture ; for who can
aſſure (in many ſubiects) vppon thoſe particulars,
which appeare af a (ide, that there are not other
on the contrarie ſide, which appeare not? As if
Samnuell ſhould haue reſted vppon thole Sonn?s
of Iſſay, which were brought before him, and
fayled of David, which was in the field. And this
fourme (ro (ay truth) is (o groſſe : as it had nor
beene polsible for wittes fo (ubti'e, ashaneman-
naged theſe thinges, ro haue offered it to' the
world, but that they haſted ro their Theoriesand
Dozmaricals, and were imperious and ſcornefull
toward particulars, which their manner was to
vie, bur as Lifores and Yiatores for: Sargeants
and -Wifflers, 1d ſammonendam turbam,to make |
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way and make roome for their opinions, rather
thanintheir true vic anderuice; certainely, it is a
. thing maytouch a man witha religions woonder,
roſcehow thefoot Reps of (educement,arethe very
fame in Ditineand Humane truth: for as in Divine
.xruth, Man cennor endure to: become asa Child;
Soin Humane,they reputed the attending theIndu-

Qtions (whereof wee lpeake) as if it were aſecond
Infancie or Child hood.

Thirdly;allowe ſome Principles or Axiomes were

rightly induced; yerneuertheleſle certaine it is,that

Midale Propeſuions,cannot bediduced fromthem in
Subiett of Natere by Syllogifme, that 1s,. by Torch,and
Reduttion of them to Principlesin a Middle Terme, It is
true, thar in Sciences popular, as Moralities, Lawes,
andthe like, yea, and Dizizzrie (becaule it pleaſerh

Godroapply himſelfero the capacity ofthe {tmpleſt)

that fourme may haue vie; and. in Narural! Philaſs-
phie likewiſe, by way of argument or-ſatisfatorie
Realpn, Que aſSenſum parit, Operis Effera eſt : Bur the
ſubriltie of Nature and Operations willnot bee in-

chayned inthoſebonds: For _1rauments conſiſt of

Propoſitions, and Propoſutions Of !ords,and it ordes ave
butthe Current Tokens or M arkes of poplar Notions of
zhinzes: which: Notions if they bee grofſely and
variably collefted out of Particulars; It is not the

laborious: examination cither of Conſequences of

_Arouments,, or of the truth of Propoſitions , that
Can cuer correct that Errour ; being (as —_—
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The ſecond Booke. | SI

fitians ſpeake) in the firſt digeſtion ; And therefore
« was not without caule, that ſo many excellent
Philoſophers became Scepriques and © Heademiques,
and. denyed any certaintie of Knowledge, or
Comprehenſion, and held opinionthatthe know-
tedze of man extended onely to Appearances, and
Probabilities, It istrue, that in Socrazes it was (up-
oled tro be but afourme of 1rany, Scientiam diſſimu-e

| lanlo ſunulauir: For hee vied to difable his know-
{ ledge, to the end to inhanſe his Knowledge, like
| the Humor of 7 bers in his beginnings,that would
} Raigne, bur would not acknowledge ſo much;
| | And in the later © Arademy,, which Cicero embra-
| ced,; this opinion allo of Acazalep/iz (I doubt) was
nor heldincerely; for thatallthoſe which excelled
m Copie of ſpeech, ſeeme ro haue choſen thar
Se, as that which was fitteſt to give glorie
to their eloquence, and variable diſcourſes: be-
ing rather like Progreſles of pleaſure', than
lourneyes to an end. But afluredly many (car-
tered in both Arademyes, did' hold it in-ſubtiltic,
" and integritie, But. heere was their cheefe | r-
rour ; They charged the deceite vppon the
THz SENC8s$3 Which in my Indgement. (nox-
withſtanding alltheir Cauillations)are- verie (ufft-
cient to certifie and report truth. (though nor
alwayes immediately , yet. by compariſon ; by
helpeof inftrumeart; and/by producing, and: vr-
ging ſuch things.as are roo ſubtile for theſ{ence,to
me effe comprehenſible, by the ſence,and other
Nn3 be:

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LB 2 ans. ith
Sag a

Experien-

tis litera-

Of the aduancement of learning,

like aſsiſtace.But they ought tohaue charged the de.
CElt Vpon the weaknes of the intellef ual powers, vpon
the maner of collettins,& conciuaing vpon the reports of
the ſences. ThisI ſpeakenorto difable the minde of
man, but to ftirre it vp to leeke helpe: for no man, be
heneuer ſo cunning or praQtiſed, can makea ſtraight
line or perfeQt circleby ſteadinefle of hand, which
may bee calily done by helpe of a Ruler or Com-
paſſe.

This part of 1»nent/on, concerning the Invention

of Sciences, 1 purpoſe (if God giue mee leaue)

14, © in- hereafter ro propound : hauing digeſted it into

gerprera tio
Nature.

TWO PATITES : whereof the one] tearme Experientia
literara, and the other Interprerario Nature : The
former, being but a degree and rudiment of the la-
ter. ButI will notdwell too lgng, nor ſpeake too
great vpona promile.
The 1nnention of (peech or argument! is nor
properly an 1muention : for to Inwent is todilcouer
thatwe know not, & not torecoucrorreſimon that

-Which wee alreadie knowe ; and the vſe of this

Inu:ntion, is no other ; Bur out of the Knowledoe,
whereof our minde is alrcadie polSeſt, ro drawe foorth,
or call before 1's :has which may bee pertinent to the pur -

poſe, which wee rake into our conſideration, So as to

ſpeake trucly, it is no /mvention 3 but a Remen:-
rance or Surgeition, with a Application : Which
1s the cauſe why the Schooles doe place it after
Iudgement,as ſubſequent and not precedent. Ne-
u elle, becauſe wee doe account it a Chaſe,

aſwell

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" afivell of Deere in an incloſed Parke, as ina Forreſt .
atlarge : and that it. hath alreadie obtayned the &
the name : Letit bee called /xnertion ; loasitbe
perceyued and diſcerned, that the-Scope and end
of this /auention, is readynelle and preſent vie of
our knowledge, and not additionor amplification _
thereof, 4

To procure thisreadie ve of Knowledge, there
aretwo Courſes : PREPARATION and SV G-
GESTION. The former of theſe, ſeemeth
(carcely a part of Kngwledge ; conliſting rather
of Diligence, than of any artificiall erudition. And
heerein Aritorle wittily, but hurtfully doth de.
ride the Sgphi/t;, neere his time, ſaying, They

ad as iFone that profeſſed the CArt of Shooe-making,
ola not rteach how: to make vÞ a Shooe, but onely ex-

- bubite in a readineſſe a numver of Shooes of all faſhions and K

$125, Bur yeta man mightreply, that it a Shooe-

maker ſhould haue no Shooes in his Shoppe, bur
_ onely worke, as hee is beſpoken, hee ſhould bee
weakelycuſtomed, Bur our Saviour, (peaking of

Divine Knowledge, fayth : Thar rhe Kingdome of

Heauen, 15 like a 700d Houſholder, that brinteth foorth

borh n:w2 an1 «14 ſtore: And wee (ce the ancient
Writersof Rhetoricke doegiue it in precept : Thar

Pleaders ſhould have the Places, whereof they

haue moſt continuall viſe, readie handled in all

the varictie that may bee, as that, To ſpeake for

the literall Interpretation of the Lawe againſt

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ſumprionsand Inferences againſt Teſtimonie ; and
Contrarie: And Cicero himlclfe, being broken vnto
it by great experience,deliuereth it plainely ; Thar
whatiocuer a man ſhall haue occaſion to ſpeake of,

Gif hee. will rakethe paines)he may haue it in effect |

APR and handled intheſe. So that when
1

ee commeth to a particular, he ſhall hanenothing -

to doe, butro put roo Names, and times,and places;
and (uch other Circumſtances of Indiuiduals, We
ſce likewiſe the exaQt diligence of Demoſthenes,who
in —_ of rhe great force, that the entrance and
accelle into cauſes hath to make a good impreſsion ;

had readie framed a number of Prefares. for Orati-

ons and Speeches. All which Authoricies and Pre-
ſidents mayouer- way Ari//orles opinion,that would
haue vs chaunge a rich Wardrobe, for a paire of
Sheares.

But the Natureof the ColleRion of this Proui//-
01 Or Preparatorie ſtore, though it be common, both
ro Logicke, and Rhetoricke , yer hauing made an en-
Fry of itheere, where it came firſt tobe ſgoken of;
It

inke fitte to referre ouer the further handling of

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The other partof INvENT1o Ngwhichlterme
SVGGES T1O N, dothaſsigne and direR vsto
certaine Markes or Places, which may excite our

Minde toreturne andproduce ſuch Knowledge, as

it hath formerly colleed : to the end wee may
make vſe thereof, Neither is this vie (truely taken)
oncly to furniſh argument, to diſpute perhebly
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- tudgement to conclude aright within our ſelues.
Neither may theſe places ſerue onely to-apprompr
our Invention; buralloro direct our enquirie. For
afacultic of wiſe interrogating is halfea knowledge;
Foras Plato faith;!hoſoencr ſceketh knowerh that which
; he ſeckerh for gn a gencrall Notion; Elſe how ſhall he know
it, when he hath found iz?And therforethelarger your
Anticipation 1s; the more direQt and compendious is
your ſearch. But the ſame Places which will help vs
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reuolue: (o as Icannotreport,thatthis part of /nucn-
' Fion, which is that which the Schooles call Topiques,
is deficient, |
_ Neuertheles T opiquesare of 2. forts general & ſpect-
«ll. The generallwe hane ſpok&to; but the particular
| hatlybentouched byſome,burreieed generally,as
© inartificial & variable. Butleauving the humor which
hath raigned too muchin the Schooles (which is to
be vainlyſabtile ina few thinges, whichare within
their command,and toreie& the reſt) Idoereceiue
particular T optques, that is places or direions of
Inzention and Inquirie in enery particular knowledg,
as thinges of great vie; being Mixturesof Zovique
with the Marter of Sciences: for intheſe it holdeths
CAYS inurniendi adoleſcir cum Innentis : for as in go+
ing ofa way, wee doe not onely gaine that pare
; - FO of

-- Of the advancement of learning,
of the waye which is paſſed, but wee -gaine the
better ſight of that part of the waye Kr ano
neth :: S0.eucriedegree of proceeding in a-Science
giuctha light to that which followeth 3 whichlight

if weeſtrengthen, by drawing it foorth into que-

ons or places inquirie, wee doe greatly aduance
our pourluyte.

Nowe weepaſſeyntothe ARTEs OrlvDGr-
MENT, Which handlethe Natures of Procfes and
Demonſtrations; Whichas to Induction hath a Co-
incidence with inenrion : For all Indutt:;onswhe-
ther m 200d or witious fourme, the ſame attion of
the Minde which. Inuenteth, Iudzeth ; all one. as in
rhe ſence ; Butotherwile it is in proofe by Sy/-
loziſme : For the: proote beeing not immediate
but by meane : the 7nuention of rhe Meane is one
thinge : and the 1udoement of the Conſeyuence is
another. / The: one Excytins onely : the other
Examinms : Therefore for the: reall and- exactc
ſourmeof Iudgement, weereterre our ſelues to
that which wee hauc ſpoken of 1nterpreration of
Nature, | |

For theother-Iudgementby «SyIggi/ore, asit is a
thinge moſt agreeable to the Minde of Man : So
it hath beene vchementlye and excellently labou-
red. | For the Nature of Man doth extreamelye
couet, to haue ſomewhat in his. Vnderſtanding
fixed and' vnmooucable,-andas a Reſt, and Sup:
portof the Mind. And therefore as:_4ri/forle en-

deuonreth to prooue, thatinall Motion} there is
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fofie pointe quieſcent; and as hee elepantlye ex-
poundecth the auncient Fable of 41/25, (that ood
fixed, and bare vp the Heaven from falling) to bee
meant of the Polesor Axel-tree of Heauen,where-
vppon the Conuerſton is accompliſhed ; (o aſſu-
redlye men haue a deſire, ro have an Arles or
, Axel tree within : to keepe them from fluCtuati-
on ; whichis liketo a perpetual] perill of falling:
Therefore men did haſten ro ſette downe ſome
Principles, about which the varictie of their diſpu-
tations might turne,

So then this Art of IvDGz MENT, is but the
Reduttion of Propoſitions, to Principles int a Middle
Tearme. The Principles to bee agreed by all, and
exempred from Argument ; The M1DDL x
TxaRrMs to becelected at the libertie of cuerie
Mans Inuention: The Reduftron tobe of two kindes

| Dire, and Inuerted; the one when the Propoſs-
ion is reduced to the Princyple, which they rerme
a Probation oſtenſine : the other when the contra-
diQorie of the Propoſition is reduced tothe con-
tradiQorie Af the Principles, which is, that which
they call Per Incommodum, of preſdins an abſurdirie
the Number of Middle Termes tobe, as the Propoe
ſition ſtandeth, Devrees more or leſſe, remooued
from the Principle.
But this Arte hath rwoo ſeuerall Methodes of
Dodrine : the one by way of DireFion, the other
by way of Castion : the former frameth and ſerterh

downe 4 rue Fourme of Conſequence, by the
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and Inconſequences may bee exaQty iudged, To-
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fourme,- itis incadent to handle the partes thereot,
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The ſecond Merthaode of Docrine,was introdu-
ced for expedite vie, and aſſurance (lake ; diſco-
ucring the moreſubtile fourmes of S9phi/mes, and

Maqueations, with their redargations, Whichis that

which is tearmedE LEN CHES, For although in
themore,grolſe-ortes of Fallacies it happenerh (as

Seneca make the comparilon well) as in wegling
feates, which mough wee knowenot howethey
are done yet wee knowe well it 1s not, as itſec-
meth to bee :./yet- the more ſubcile ſort of them
doth not.onely put aman beſides his anfere, but
doth many rimes abuſe his lndgment. - ..

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lently handled by A r:i/torle-in Precepy, - bur more
excellently by Plaro in Example : not onely in the
perſons..of the Sophi/{s, but euen in-Sorrares him-
ſelfe, who profelsing, to affirme nothing, but to
infirme that which was affirmed by another, hath
exaQly. expreſſed allthe fourmes of obieQion, fal-
lace and redargution.. And although wee- haue
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euptis: vſc for Coprion 2nd Conrradidtion, which paf
| (etch for a great facultie, and no doubt, is of ves
rie-great aduauntage ; though the difference bee
good which was made betweene Orators and
Sophiſters, . thag,the one is as the Greyhound,
which hath his aduauntage in the race, and the
- @ther as the Hare, which hath her aduantage in the

eurnc, (o as it is the aduauntage of the weaker crea»
ture.

Bur yet further, this DoQtrine of E x. x N-
CHES, hach a-more ample Jatitude and extenr,
than is perceiued-: namely vnto diuers partes of
Knowledge : whereof ſome are laboured, and
ether omitted, For firft, I conceine (though ir
maye ſceme at firſt ſomewhat ſtrange) that that
part which is variably referred; : ſometimes to Zo-
Zicke,, (ometimes to. Meraphyſicke, touching the
Common admntts of Eſ$ences,is butan Elenche: for the
great Sophiſme of all Sophiſmes, beeing C/Aquino+
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ciaily of ſuch wordes as are: moſt generall and
interueyne cuerie Enquirie : It ſcemeth-to mee:
that the true and fruittull vſe, (leauing vaine ſub-
tilities and ſpeculations) of the 'Enquirie, Mi-
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pitie, Dincrſitie, Poſtibilitie, Ate, T otalitie,
Partes, Exiſience, Priuation,, and the; like , are
bur wiſe Cautions againſte-/ Ambiguityes ' of
Speech. So againe, the-diſtribution of thinges
into cerraine Tribes , which we call Caregor/es or
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Predicaments, are but Cautions againſt the confu-
ſionof Definitions and Diniſions.

Secondly, there-is a ſeducement that worketh
by the ſtrength of the Impreſsion, and not. by the
ſubtiltie of the Nlaqueation, nor much perplex-
ing the Reaſon, as ouer-ruling it by power of the
Imagination , Bur this partl thinke mere proper
ro handle, 'when I ſhall ſpeake of RHE T 0-
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But laſtly, there is yet a much more important
and ' profound kinde of Fallacies in the Minde
of Man, which Ifinde not obſerued or enquired at
all, andthinke good to place heere, as that which
of all others appertaynethmoſt toreQife Iv Dd G t-
MEN T., The force whereof is ſuch, as it doth
nor-dazle, or ſnare the vnderſtanding in ſome par-
ticulars, but doth more generally, and inwardly
infe& and corruptthe ſtatethercok. For themind
of Man-is farre from the Nature of a cleare and
equall glaſſe, wherein the beames of things ſhould
- refleQt according to their true incidence ; Nay, it
is rather like an inchanted glaſle, full of ſuperſtition
and Impoſture, if ic bee nor deliuered and re-
duced: | For this purpoſe, lette vs conlider the
falſe appearances, that are impoſed vppon vs by
the generall Nature of the minde, behoulding
them 'in-an example. or twoo,, as firſte in. that
inſtance'' which is the roote of all ſuperſtition:
Namely, Thar 0 the Nature of the - Minde of
all Men it is conſonant for the" Affimatiue, or Attme to

affect

affec?,, more than rhe nezatiue or Priuatiue, So that
a fewe times hitting, or preſence, counteruayles
- oft times fayling, or abſence, as was wellanſwered
by Dragoras, to him-that ſhewed him in- Nepranes
Temple, the great number of piQtures, of (uch as
had tcaped Shippe-wracke, and had paide their
Vowes to. Neprune, laying : Aduiſe nowe, you that
_Fthinke it folly to innocate Neptune in tempeſt : T ea,
bur (fayth Diatoras) where are they patmed that are
&rowned? Lette vs behould it in another inſtance,
namely, That rhe ſpirite of man,heeing of an equall and
wnifourme ſubiance, dorh uſually ſuppoſe and faine in
Nature a greater equalitic and vnifermitie, than is
in iruth 3 Hence it commeth, that the 2darhemari-
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the Motions of the Celeſtiall bodyes, to perfe&
Circles,reieQing ſpiralllynes,and laboring to be dil-
charged of Eecentriques. Hence it. commerh,
that whereas there arc many thinges in Nature, as
it were Monodica ſui Turis ; Yet the cogitations of
Man, doe fayne vnto them Relarines, Parallellesand
Coniuzates, Whereas no ſuch thinge is ; as they
haue fayned an Element of Fire ro keepe {quare
with Earth, Water, and Ayre, and the like; Nay,
it is not credible, till it bee opened, what a num-
ber of fiftions and fantaſies, the (imilitude of hu- _
mane AQions, & Arts,together withthe making of
Man Communis Mcnſura, have brought into natu-
rall Philoſophie : not much better, than the Here-
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of 'groſle and folitarie afonkes, and the- opini-
on of Epicuwrw, anſwearable to the fame in hea-
theniſme, who ſuppoſed the Gods to bee of hu-
mane Shape. And therefore Yellcivs the Epicu-
rian' needed not to haue asked, why God ſhould
hane adorned the Heauens with Starres, as if he
had becne an <CAedilis : One that ſhould haue
ſer foorth ſome magnificem (hewes or playes? tor
if that great Worke-maſter had beene of an Hu-
mane diſpoſition, hee woulde haue caſte the
ſtarres into ſome pleaſant and beautifull workes,
and orders, like the frenes in the Roofes of
Houſes, whereas one can ſcarce finde a Poſture
in ſquare, or triazangle , or ſtreight line amongeſt
ſuch an infinite numbers, ſo differing an Har-
monie, there is betweene rhe (pirite of Man, and
the ſpirite of Narure, |
Lette vs conſider apaine, the falſe appearances
impoſed vponys by cucrie fans owne indiuiduall
Nature and Cuſtome in that fayned ſuppoſition,
| thar Plaro maketh of the Caue : for certainely, if
a childe were continued in a Grotte or Caue, vn-
der the Earth , vntill maturitie of age, and came
ſuddainely abroade, hee would haue ſtrange and
abſurd Imaginations ; So in like manner, although
our perſons liue in the view of Heauen, yer our
ſpirites are included in the Caues of our owne
CO ons and cuſtomes : which miniſter 'vnto
vs infinite'Errours and vaine opinions, if they bee
nor-recalled 'to- examination , But heercot Wee
| aue

- The ſecond Booke, ' 57

have given many examples in one of the Errors,
_ or peccant humours, which wee ranne brictcly
ouer in our firſt Booke.

And laſtly, lette vs confider the falſe appearan-
ces, that are impoſed vpon vs by words, which
arc framed, and applyed according tothe conceit,
and capacitiesof the Vulgar (orte : And although
wee thinke we governe our wordes, and pre-
ſcribe it well. Loquendum ut V ulows, ſenticndumvwvt
ſapientes : Yet cerraine it is, that wordes, as a 7 ar-
tars Bowe, doe ſhoote backe vppon the vnder-
ſtanding of the wiſeſt, and mightily entangle, and
peruert the Iudgement. So as it is almoſtnecef:
facie inall comrouerſies and dilputations, to imi-
_ tate the wiledome of the Marthemarician:s, in (er-
ting downein the veric beginning, the definitions
of our wordes and termes, that others may knowe
howevwee accept and vnderitand them, and whe-
ther they concurrewicthvs orno, For.it commeth
to paſſe for want of this, that we are ſure ro end
there where wee oughtto haue begun, which is in

ueſtions & differences about words. To conclude
drrcioen it muſt be contefled, that it isnot poſsible
to divorce our (elues from theſe fallacies and falle

appearances, becauſe they areinſeparable from our Elenchi
Nature and Condition of life ; So yet neuerthe- ,,,.,,;
leſſe the caution of them ( tor all Elexches as |, 7,4,
was faide, are but Cautions) doth extreamely ,j;,,.; by.

importe the true condutte of Humane Iudge- ,,,,; yr.
ment, The particular E/enches or Cautionsagamt,;; ev+ 4%.

P p theſe yenririje.

theſe threefalle appearances, I finde altogether de-
ficient, ;
There remayneth one parte of Iudgement ©
great excellencie, which to mine vndertitanding is
{ofleightly rouched, asI mayereporte that allo de-
ficient, which 'is the application of the differinge
kindes of Prootes, 1othe diftering kindes of Sub-
eas -/ ſor there becing bur toure kindes of de-
monſtrations, thar is by the unmediate con/ſenr
of the Ainade or SCENE 1 by Indnttion ; by $ 0-
phiſme ; and by: Conerunie , which 1s that, which

CA riſtorle calleth' Demonſtration in Orbe, or Circle,

and hot a Norioribus,, enerie of thele hath cer-

taine Subiects inthe Matter of Sciences, in which

reſpeQtinely they haue chieteſt vie; and certane o-

ther, from whichreſpeQiuely they ought to be ex-

=» cluded, andthe rigour, and curio{itic, in requiring
| the more (cuere Proofes in ſome thinges, and
chietely the facilitie in contenting our (clues with
4 | the more remiſle Proofes in others, hath beene
F amongeſt the greateſt cauſes of detryment and
hinderance to Knowledge. The diſtributions
and aſsignations of demonſtrations, according to

De Anals- the Analogie of Sciences, I note as dehci-
gia Demu::- ent |

ftrationam.

The Cuftodie or: retayning of Knowledge,
1s cither in Wr1TING or MEM ORIE; where-
of WRITIN GE hath twoo partes; T he Na-
ture of the CHARACTER, and the order of the
| ENTRIE,

The ſecond Booke.. 58
ENTR1E: forthe Art of Chara@ers, or other vi-
ſible notes of Wordes or thinges, it hath neereft
coniugation with Grammar, and thereforel referre
it to the due place 3 for the DiÞoſrion and Colle-
cation of that Knowledge which wee preſerue in
Writing; It conliſteth ina good Digeſt ot Common
Places, wherein | am not ignorant of the preiu-
dice imputed to the vie 'of Common-Place Bookes,
as cauling a retardation of Reading, and ſome
Noth or relaxation of Memorie, But becaule it is
but a counterfeit thing in Knowledges to be for-
ward and pregnant, except a man bee dceepe and
fu!l ; I hould the Entrie of Common places, to bee
a matter of great ve and eſſence in ſtudying 3 as
that which eborh copie of Inuention,and contra-
Qeth ludgment to a ſtrength. But this'isrrue, that
of theFerhodes of Common places, that I haue ſeen,
there isnone of any ſufficient woorth, all of them
carying meerely the face of a Schoole, and not of

4 /Forld, and referring to vulgar matters, and Pe-
danticall Diuifions without all life, or reſpect ro
ACtion,

For the other Principall Parte of the Cuſtodie
of Knoyledoe, whichis MEM OR 1E 3] findethat
facultie in my Indgement weakely enquired of ;
An Art there is extant of it ; Burt it ſeemeth rome
that there are better Precepts, thanthat Art; and
better pratiſes of that Art, than thoſereceined. Ir
is certaine,the Art as it is) may beerayledto points
of oftentarion prodigious: Bur invle (acitis nowe
| FP 2 mannaged)

Ss Of the Aduancement of Learning,

mannaped) it is barrein, not burdenſome, nor dan-
gerous to Naturall Memorie, as is imagined, but
barren, thatis, nor dexterous to be ayplyed to the
ſerious vie of bulineſle and occalions. And there-
fore I make no more eſtimation of repeating a

reat number of Names or Wordes vppon once

caring ; or the powring feorth of a number of
Verſes or Rimes ex rempore ; or the making of a
Satyricall Simile of euerie thing, or the turning of
euerie thing to aleſt, or the fallitying or contra-
ding of cuerie thing by cauul, or the like (wher-
of inthe faculties of the afinde, there 13 great Co-
pic, andſuch, asby deuiſeand praCtiſe may bee ex-
aked to an extreame degree of woonder ;) than
I doe of thetrickcs of T«mblers, Funambulors, Ba-
ladynes 5 the one being the ſame in the Mine, thar
the other is in the bodic; Matters of ſtrangeneſle
without worthynieſle. |

This Art of Memorie, is but built vpontwolIntenti-
ONSs ? Theone Prenotions the other Embleme : Pr 4>
_ ' notion, diſchargeththeIndefinite (ecking of that we
would remember, and direQeth vs to ſecke in a
narrowe Compaſle : thar is, ſomewhat that hath
Congruitic with our Place of Aemorie: Enbleme te-
duceth conceits intelleCtuall ro Images ſen(ible,
which firike the A2:97:e more ; out of which
Axiomes 'may bee drawne much berter PraQtique,
than that in vſe, and belides which Ax:omes, there
aredivers moe, touching helpe of Memorie, not in-
ferior tothem,Burldid in the beginningdiſtinguith,
nor

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not to report thoſethinges deficient, which are bur
onely ill Managed.

T here remayneththe fourth kinde of R AT10-
NALLKNOVVLEDGE, Which istranlitiue, con-
cerning the expreſ$n2 or transferring our Knowledg
100thers, whichl willtearme by the gencrall name
of TRADITION OR DELIvERis, Txra-
DIT1ON hath three parres : the firſt concerning
the ORGANE Or TRADITI ON: thel(e-
cond,concerningthe ME THODEOFT Rk a-
-D1TION : And the thirde, concerning the
ILLVSTRATION OF TRADITION:

Forthe ORGANE OET RADITION, Its Cl-
ther SpEECH On WRITING.: for Ariſtotle
ſayth well: !/ordes are rhe Images of Coritations, and
Letters arethe 1 maLes of I erdes: Bur yet is not of ne-
ceſsitic, that Co27rations bee exprefied by the Med;-
uxs of ordes. For Thatſorner 1s capable of ſufficient
| differences, and thoſe perceprible by thefenſe;; is m Nas
purecompetent toexpreſie Cocitations: And therefore
we ee inthe Commerce of barbarous People, that
ynderſtand not one anotherslanguage, &in the pra-
Qile of divers that ar dumb &deate.thatmens minds
arcexpreſlcd in geſtures, though nor exactly, yet to
ferue the turne, And vve vnderſtand further, that
itis the vic of Chyna, and the Kingdomes of the
High Lenanr, to write inCharatters real, which ex-
preſſe neither Lertersnor words in grofee, but Things
or Notins: in ſo muchas Countreys and Prouinces,
Which ynderſtand not one anothers-language, can
neuertheleſſe read one anothers Writings, becauſe-
- = the

1 © Of the aduancement of learning,

the CharaFers are accepted more generally,-than
the Lay2wazes doe extend; and al thereforethey
haue a vaſt multitude of Characters, as many(l (up.
poſe, as Radicallwords.

Theſe Notes of Cortrations are of 1woo (ortes;
The one when the Note hath ſome Simrbrude, or
Comrruitic with the Norion; The other Ad Pla-
citum\, hanging force onely by Conrraf# or Accep.
ration.” Ot A former [ort arc /17ero2/rphickes, and
Geſtures, For as to Hierozhiphickes, (things of An-
cient vie, and embraced chietely by the ,/£25p-
riazs, one of the moſt ancient Nations) they are
bar as .continued //mpreaſes and Emblerres, And
as for Geſtures, they are as Trar/itorie Hterozl:-
phickes, andare to. Hierogliphickes, as Words ſpoken
are 9 Wordes written, \ in that theyabide not; bur
they have evermore as well, as the other an affini-
tie withthethinges ſignified : as Periander beeing
conſulted with how to prelerue a tyrannie new-
ly viurped, bid the Meſſenger attend, and re-
port What hee (awe him doe, and went into his
Garden, and topped all the higeſt lowers : ſigni-
fying that it confiſted in the cutting off, and kee-
ping low of the Nobilitie and Grandes; Ad Place-
19, are-the Charat#ers real/ belorementioned,and
IVords: although ſome haue ben willing by Curious
Enquirie; . or rather by apr fayning, ro haue de-
rived impoſition of Names, from Reaſon and In-
cendment: a Þpeculation elegant, and by reaſon it
ſearcheth into 4:iquirie reuerent : bur ſparingly
mixt

mixt with truth, and of (mall fruite . This por-
tion of knowledge, touching the Notes of rhintes, De Notis
and Cogitations 1n generall, 1 finde not enquired, Rerupr.
bur dehcient, And although it may ſeeme of no
great v{e,conlidering that Words, and /1:1ings by ler-
zers, doc tar excellallthe other wayes : yet becaule
this part concerneth, as it werethe Mint of knows-
ledge (for wordes, are the tokens currant and ac-
cepted for conceits, as Moneysare tor values and
that it is fit men be not ignorant, that Aoneys may
bec of another kind, than gold and liluer)[thought
good to propound it to better Enquirie,
Concerving SPEECH and WORDES, the
Conlideration of them hach produced the Sci:
ence of GR amMarn:for Man {till {triuethto re-
integrate himſlelfe in thoſe benedictions, from
Which by his fault hee hath been depriued ; And
as hee hath ftriuen againſt the hrit generall Curſe,
by the Invention of all other Artes: So hath hee:
fought ro come foorth of the ſeconde generall
Curſe, (which was the confulion of Tongues) by
the Art of GRAMMAR; whereof the vicin ano-
-ther rongue is (mall : in-a forreine tongue more :
but moſtinſuch Forraine T ongues, as haue ccaled
tobe gar T OnCHes, and: are rurned onelyto [ear -
ned tonzues, Theduetie of itisof rwoo Natures :
"The one Popular, which is for theſpeedic, and pcr-
fet attayning Languages, as well tor mtercourle
of Speech, as for vnderſtanding of Authors: T he
Other Philoſophicall, examiningthe power and Na- .
Pp 4 rure

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Of the Aduancement of earning,

rure of Wordes, as they arethe foot-ſteppes and
prints of Reaſon : which kinde of « Aanalorze be-
rweene Iordes, and Reaſon is handled Sparſm, bro-
kenly, thoughnot entirely: and therefore I cannor
report itdcticient, though I rhinke it verie worthy
to bereduced into a Scienceby it (cltc.

Vnto GRAMM AR alſo belongeth, as an Ap-
pendix, the conſideration of the Accidents of
Wordes, which are Meaſure, ſound, and Elenati-
on, or Accent, and the ſ{weeteneſſe and hacſh-
neſſe of them : whence hath yſlued ſome curi-
ous obſeruations in Rheroricke, but chiefely Poeſie,
as \weeconſider it, in reſpeQt of the verſe, and nor
of the Argument: wherein though men in learned
Tongues, doetye themſelues to the Ancient Mea-
ſures, yet in moderne Languages, it ſeemethto me,
as free to make newe Mealures of Verſes, as of
Daunces : For a Daunce is a meaſured pace, as
a Verſe is a meaſured Speech. In theſe thinges
the Sence is better Iudge, thanthe Arr.

Cant ferculanoſtye;
Aallem conviuis, quam placuiſſe Cocis,

Andof theſeruile expreſsing A nt1quine in an
vnlike and an vnfit Subic&, it is well ſayd, 20d
rempore antiquum Vidernr, id incongruirate eft maxi-
ne O17,

For CYPHARS;theyare commonly in Letters
or Alphabets, bur may bee in Wordes, 7 me

indes

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'kindes of CypHaARrs, (beſides the StMÞPr x
CYPHARS With Changes, and intermixtures
of NvLLEeEs, and NONSIGNIET1-
CANT S) are many, according to the Na-
ture or Rule of the infoulding : WHEEL r-
CyYyPHARS, RAY-CYPHARS, Do vyv-
BLES, &c., But the vertues of them, whereby
_ they are to be preferred, arethree ; that they be
-not laborious to write and reade ; that they bee
impolsible to dilcypher ; and in ſome caſes, that
they bee wicthour ſuſpirion , The higheſt De-
gree whereof, is to write OMN1iA PER
OMNIA5 Which is vndoubtedly polible,
with a proportion Quintuple at moſt, of the wri-
ting infoulding, to the writing infoulded, and
no ather reſtrainre whatſoeuer, This Arte of
Cypherinze, hath for Relatine, an Art of Dsſcyphe-
r1n2e 3 by ſuppoſition vnprofitable ; bur, as things
arc, of great viſe. For (uppole that Cyphars were
well mannaged, there bee Multitudes of them
which exclude the Diſcypherer, Bur in regarde
of the rawneſſe and vnskilfulnefle of the handes,
through which they paſſe, the greateſt Mar-
rers, are many times carryed in the weakeſt Cy-
phars,
In the Enumeration of theſe private and rety-
red Artes, it may bee thought 1 ſecke to make a
reate Muſter-Rowle of Sciences ; naminge
em for (hewe and oftentation, and to little 0-
ther purpoſe, Bur lette thoſe which are $kilfull

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being heere placed with the principall, and ſu-
reame Sciences, ſeeme petty thinges :'yet to
ich as hane choſen them to ſpende their la-
bours ſtudies in them,” they ſeeme prear Mat-
xers. © % 7!

For the ME THODE Or TRADITION,
I ſee it hath mooued'a Controucrſie in our time.
But as in Ciuile buſineſſe;- if there bee a mee-
ting and men fall at -Wordes, there is common-
ly an end of the Matterfor thattime, andnopro-
ceeding at all: So in Learning,wherethereis much

-controuerſie, there is 'many times little Enquirie,

For this part of knowledge of eiF oe ſeemeth
to mee {o vyeakely enquired, as I ſhall report it
deficient. W.

METHO DE hath beene placed; and that nor
amiſle in Zezicke, as a part of udrement 3 For as
the DoQtine of Syllozzfmes compretiendeth the
rules of Indgement vppon that which is 1-4-7;
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or the NATVRE OF THE TRADITION ma-
teriall onely to the Y/e of Knowledge, but like-
wiſe to the Progreſson of Knowledge : for lince
the labour and life of one man, cannot attaine to
pertection of Knowledge ; the /iſedome of the
Traiinen, is that which inſpireth the felicitie of
continuance, and proceding, And therefore the
moſt reall diuerlitite of Merhode, is of METHOD
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The later whereof ſeemeth to be Y 14 deſerta Er
mtercluſa. For as Knowledges arc now deliuered,
there is a kinde of Contract of Errour, betweene
theDeliuerer, and the Receiuer : for he that deli-
uereth knowledge ; delireth to deliuer it in ſuch
fourme, as may be beſt beleeued ; andnot as may

beſt examined: and heetharreceiueth knowledge,

deſireth rather preſent ſatisfaction, than expectant
Enquirie, & ſo rather not to doubt, thannorto erre:
glorie making the Author not to lay open his weak-
neſſe, and ſloth making the Dilciplenotto knowe

his ſtrength.
But knowledge, that is delivered as'a threade

to bee (punne on, ought to bee delivered and
intimated, if it vere polsible, In the (ame Merhode
wherein it wasinuented; and (0 is it poſsible of know-

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tranſplant it into another, as it grewe in-bis owne
Minde-. For ic is in. Knowledges, as it is in
Plantes 3 if you meane to. vic the- Plant, ic is no
matter for the Rootes : Bur if you meane to re-
mooue it to growe, then it, is more aſlured to
reſt yppon.rootes,'than Slippes : So the deliveric
of Knowledges (as it is nowe v{cd) is as of: faire
' bodics of Trees withous the Rootes : good for
the Carpenter, burnorfor the Planter : But if you
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Another diuerſitie of M's TH ODE there is,
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= beecing admited to the ſecretes of Knowledges,
and: to reſerue them to leleQed Auditors : or
wittes of ſuch ſharpeneſle as can pearce the
vayle.

/ wp. diverlitie of METHO:D r, where-
of the conſequence is great, is the deliterie of
knowledge in AP-HO-RESM ES, Of it. Att
THODES5; Wherein wee:may obſerue, that ir
hath becene too much taken into Cuſtome, our of
a 'fewe _Axiomes or Obſeruatians, vppon any
Subicte, to makeaſolemne, and: formall Art;
filling it with ſome Diſcourſes, and illuftratinge
it with. : xamples. ; and digeſting i into. a ſeni1-
ble AMerhode : Bur the writinge im: A Pp H O-
R IS MES, hath manye excellent vertaecs,
whereto the writinge in Methode doth not ap-
proach.

For firſt, it eryeth the Writer, whether hee be
ſuperficial! or ſolide : For Cphoriſmes, exceptthey
ſhould bee ridicu'ons, cannot bee made bur of
_thepyth and heart of Sciences: for. diſcourſe of
Yluftration, is cut off, Recitalles of Examples are
ut off : Diſcourle of Connexion, and order 1s cut
off ; Deſcriptions of Practize, are cutte off 3. So.
there remayneth-nothinge to fill the _{prariſmer,
but ſome good. quantitie of Obſeruarion ; Ard:
therefore no man can ſuffice, nor. mm realon will at-
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balecte; but leſfe fit ro point tro AGion z' for they 1

carric akinde of Demonſtration in Orbe or Circle, Þ

one part/illuminating another; and therefore fatil-

fie. ' Bur-particulars'beeing| diſperſed, doe beſt a-

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inuite mento enquire further ; whereas Methodes

carrying the. ſhewe-ofa Torall, doe ſecure men;
asifthey were ar furtheſt;

-: Another» Diuerfitie of METH ODE, which is

likewiſe of great weight,is, T he handling of know-

ledge: by <Aferrions , / and their Progfes,, or by

\ Queſtions, and' their-Dererminations : The latter

kinde whereof, it it bee immoderately followed,

is aspreiudicial! tothe proceeding of Learning,as

it" is to 'the proceedinge of an Armie, to goe a-

;bour”ro'beliege cnerte! little: Forte, 'or Holde.

{For if the Field bee kept, and -the. ſumme of

the Enterprize purſued, thoſe {maller thinges will

= come /in'of themſelues; Indeede a Man would

W: -not leaue” ſome important ; peece.:Enemie at his

3 backe: In like manner, the 'vſe of: confutartion

1n the deliveric of Sciences ought to beveric ſpa:

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Another Dinerſitie of Merhodes, is, _According
ro the Subietf or Matter, © which 1s handled . For
there is a great difference in Deliverie of the
Mathematiques, Which arethe moſt abſtracted of
knowledges, and Po{zcie, which is the moſtimmer-
fed 3 And howloeucr contention hath been moa-
ued, touching an vniformitie of 'Merhode in Aful-
riformitie of Matter + Yet wee {ce howe that opi»
nion, - belides the -weakenelle of it, hath beene
of ill deſert, towardes ' Learning, as that which
taketh the way, to reduce: Learning to certaine
emprie and barren Generalities ; becing burtheve.
rie Huskes, and Shales: of Sciences; all the ker-
nell heeing forced out, and expulled, with the-
torture and preſſe of the Merhode +: And therefore-
as I did allow well of parricular ropiques for Inven-
tion: {o'1 doe allow likewile of particular Merhodes

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Another Diuerſitie of 1doement inthe deliueric:
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liehr and preſuppoſirionsof that which is delinered:For:

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lowe if + Forthoſe, whoſe con-
ceites are ſeated inpo opinions, neede onely
bur roprooue or diſpute: but thoſe,whole Conceits
* arebeyonde popular opinions, ; have a double la-
bour the one to make theralelues conceiued, and
theother to prooucand demonſtrate, £0 that ic
is of neceſſitie with'them to haue recourſe to fi-
mitirudes;” and rranſlarions, to expreſſe themſelues.,
And therefore inthe [nfancic of Learning, and in
ruderimes, when thoſe conceits, which arenow
triviall, were/then nevwe; the World was full of
Parables and Similitudes; forelſe wou'd men cither
haue paſſed oucr: withour Acarke, or elfe reie-
Qed for Paradoxes, that which was offered; be-
fore they had vnderſtoode or iudged. So;in Di-
uine Learning, wee ſee howe frequent Parables
' and Tropes are 3 Foriris a Rule, Thar wharſorner
Science is not conſonant to preſuppoſrtions., nm ſt pray
in ayde etiew hs y #

"There bealſo other Diuerſitiesof METHODES
vulgar and receiued : as that of Reſolnrion,or An-
lyſis, of Conſftirarion, or Syſtafis, of Concealement, or
Cryprique,&c. whichIdoeallowe well of, thongh
Thaueſtood ypon thoſe which are leaſt handled and
obſerued;” All which I haue remembred to this
purpoſe, becauſe I would erette and conſtitute
one generall Enquirie (whichſeemesto mee deti-

7e after $1 titudes, Oc.

is. Cicnt) ing the iiſedome of Tradition.

- »'Burvnto this part of Knoxwledge, concerning
MET HO DE, dothfurtherbelong, not oncly the

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not as to their ſtuffe , but as to their quantitie,
and figure : And therefore, Mcrhode confidereth,
not onely the diſpoſition of the ,1r2ument or Sub-
jeff, bur likewtle the Propoſaions: not as totheir
Truth or Matter , but as'to their Zimiraticn and

Manner. For herein Ramusmerited berttera great

deale, in reuiuing the good Rules of Propoſerions,
KaYav mrewny Kira rar, (OC, than he did in introdu-
cing the Canker of Epiromes: And yet, (as it isthe
Condition of Humane thinges, that according to
the ancient Fables, The weſt prerios thinges have
the moſt pernitious Keepers) It was ſo, that the at-
tempt of the one, made him fall vpon the other,
For hee had needebe well conducted, that ſhould
defigne to make ©1x!omes Convertible: If he make
them not withall Circular, and Non promenecnt, or
Incurring into themſelues: but yet the Intention was
excellent,

The other Conſiderations of Mezhode, concer-
ring Propoſziiens, are chiefely touching the vr-
moſt Propoſitions, which limit the Dimenſions
of Sciences : for euetie Knowledge may bee fit-
ly ſayd, beſides the Profundirie (Which is the truth
and ſ{ubſtance of it, that makes it /ol:4e) to have
a Longitude,and a Larirude: accounting the latitude
rowardes other Sciences : and the Longitude to-
wards AQtion : that is, from the greateſt Genera-
litie , to: the moſt particular Precept: The one

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intermeddle within the Prouince of another;which
isthe Rule they call Ka9zv7e, T heother giueth Rule,
vnto What degree of. particularitie, .a knowledge
ſhould deſcend: whichlatter I fndepaſled ouer in
ſilence; bcing in my ludgement,rnemore matcri-
all. -For certainely, there mult bee ſ(omewhar left
toprattiſe ; but howe muchis worthy the Enqui-
: rie : vee (ce remote and ſuperficiall Generalities,
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4 men: 'andareno more ayding to practiſe, than an
Orrelivs vniuerſall Mappe, is ro direct the way be-
tweene Londen and Yorke. The better (ort of
, » Rules, have beene not vntitly compared to glaſſes
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= ges of thinges, bur firſt they muſt bee filed : [So
” pe Produ. the Rules will helpe, if they beslaboured andpul-
” #ijone Ax. liſhed by practiſe. But howe- Chriftallyne they
may bee madeat the firſt, and howefarre forth they
may be pulliſhed afore-hand, is the queſtion; the
Enquirie whereof, (ceemethto me deticient.
There hath beene allo laboured, and put in pra-
Qiſe a Merhode, which isnot a lawtull Aerhode,bur a
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ro make a ſhewe of Learning, who haueit not ;
ſuch wasthetrauaile of Raymunius Lullive, in ma-
king that Arr, which beares his name 5+norvn-
like to ſome Bookes of Typocoſmy, which: have
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of words of all Arts; to gine'men countenance,that
thoſe which vſe the tearmes; might bee thought
to vnderſtand the Art 3 which ColleQtions are much
like a Frippers or Brokers >hoppe; that hath ends
of.cucricthing, but nothing of worth.

Nowe weedeſcend tothat part, which concer-
neth the ILLVsRATION Or TRADITION,
comprehended in that Science, which wee call
RHETORICKE OR ART Or EL ©0-

VE NCE; A Scienceexcellent, and excellent-
ly welllaboured, For although in true value, ir
is inferiour t9 Wiſedome, as it is ſayd by Godto
Moſes , when he diſabled himſelfe, for want of this
Facultic, CA aron ſhallbee thy Speaker, and thou ſhals
bee ro him as God : Yet withpeople it 1s the more
mightie ; For ſo Slomon layth : Sapiens Corde ap-
pellabirur © Prudens 3 ſed dulcis Eloquio Maiora repe-
rict: Signifying that profoundneſſeof Wiſedome,
will helpe a Man to a Nameor Admiration 4 bur
that it 'is Eloquence, that preuayleth in an actiue
life ; And asto the labouring of it, the Emulati-
on of Ariſtorle, withthe Rheroricians of his time,
and the experience of Cicero, hath made themin
their Workes of Rherorickes, exceede themſclues,
Avaine, the excellencie of Examples of El/oquence,
in the Orations of Demoſthenes and Cicero, ad-
ded to the perfeCtion of the Preceptsof Eloquence,
hath doubled the progreſsion inthis Arte : And
therefore, the Deficiences which I ſhall note, will

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Hand-maydesattend the Art; than inthe Rules, or
vicofthe Artirſelfe. bh
Notwithſtanding , to ſtirre the Earth a little a-
bout the Roores of this Science.,as we haue done cf
the reſt ; Thedutie and Office of Rhetoricke 1s, To
apply Reaſon to Imagmation, tor the better moouing
ot the will; For wee fee Reaſon ts diſturbed in the
Adminiftrationthereot by three meanes3 by /Ul:que-
ation, or Sophiſme, which pertaines ro Logicke; by
Imarination or [mpre($10n, which pertaines to Khero-
ricke, and by Paſ$1on or Afffetticn, which pertaines
to Moralirie., Andas in Negotiation with others ,,
men are wrought by cunning, by Importunitie,and
by vehemencie So inthis Negotiation within our
ſelues; men are vndermined by /nconſequencer, (ol-
licited and importuned, by /mpzc{$ons or Obnerſari-
ons: and tran{ported by Paſ$:ons: Neither is the Na-
ture of Man fo vnfortunately built, as that thoſe
Powers atid Arrs ſhould haue force to diſturbe Rea-
ſon, and not to eſtabliſh and aduance it : For the end
of Loricke, is to teacha fourme of Argument, to (e-
cureReaſon, ardnottoentrappe it, The end of
Moralitie, is to procurethe AffeQionsto obey Rea-
ſon, andnot to inuadeit. Theend of Rhetoriche, is
tofillthe Imagination to ſecond Reaſon, and not tov
an_ it: for theſe abuſes of Arts come in, but Ex
obl:que, for Caution. Vo.

And therfore it was great Ininftice in P/ate,though
ſpringing out ofa iuſt hatred of the Rheroyicians of his
time, to cſteeme of 8heroricke, but asa volupruaric
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* Art,reſembling it to Cookerie,that did marre who.
ſome Meates and helpe vnwholeſome by varictie of
ſawces, tothe plealure of thetaſt. For weeſec thar
ſpeech is much more connerſant in adorning that
which is good, thanin colouring that whichis cuill:
for there is no man but ſpeaketh more honeſtly,than
he can doe or thinke ; And it was excellemly noted
by T buciaides 18 Cleon, that becauſe he vied to hold
on the bad fide in Cauſes of eſtate; therefore hee
was cuer inueying againſt Eloquence, and good
fpeech; knowing that no man can ſpeake faire of
Courles {ordide and baſe, And therefore as Plaro
ſayd clegantly : Th. t vertue, if ſhee could be ſeen, would
Moout? great lent ind alf ection : SO ſeemg thatſhe can-
not bee ſhewedto the Sercepbycorporall ſhape,the
next degree is, to{\hewe her1o the imagination in
lively repreſentation: ſorto ſheweher to Keaſon,on-
ly in(ubtilitie of Argument, was a thing ener de-
rided inChry/jpprus, and. many of the Stoykes, who
thoughtto thruſtvertue vppon men by ſharpe dif-
putations and Concluſions, which haue no Sympa-
_ thywiththe will of Man.

Againe, if the affeQions. in themſelues were
plyant and obedient to Realon, it were true,
there ſtoulde bee no- great vie of perſwaſtons
and inſinuations to the will, more than of naked
propoſitign and Proofes: butin regardof the-con-
tinuall Mutinies and Seditions of the Affections :

Video melicra, Proboque; Deteriora ſequor ;

Reaſon would become Captiue ad ſeruile, if

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the Imazmation, from the affettions part, and con-
trata Confederacie betweene the Kea/on and 114-
ginarton, againſt the Afffections : For the Affections
themſclues, carrie cuer an appetite to good, as
Reaſon doth : The difference 1s,T har rhe _Aflecti-
on beho'!derh meerely the preſent , Reaſon behoulderh
the furure, and ſumme of time. Andtheretore, the
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commonly vanquiſhed ; Bur ztter that force of E/0-
quence and perſwaſjon, hath made thinges furure,
and remote, appeare as preſent, than vppon the rc-
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Wee conclude therefore, that Rheroricke can
bee no more charged,-with the colouring of the
-worle part, than Zogreke with Sophiſtrie, or Mo-
ralitic with Vice. For wee knowe the Doctrines
.of Contrarics arethe (ame,thoughthe vie be oppo-
ſite: It appeareth allo, that Zozicke differeth trom
Rhetoricke, not onely asthe fif, irom the pawwre, the
one cloſe, the other at large ; but much more in
this, that 'Zo2zcke handleth Reaſon exate, and in
truth ; and Rheroricke handleth it, as it is planted
in popular opinions and Manners : And therefore
CA riſtorle doth wilely place Rheroricke, as betweene
Logicke on the one lide, and Morall or Ciuile
Knowledge-on the other, as participating of both :
for the Proofes and Demonſtrations of -Zoricke, are
toward all men indifferent, and the ſame : But the
Proofes and perſwaſions of Rheroricke ; ought by
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"Orpheies in Syluis,inrer Delphimas ©Arion
Which application, in perteQion of 7dea, onght:
ro extend ſo farre : that 1t a Man (bould ſpeake of
the ſame thing to ſeuerall perſons : he ſhould ſpeake
ro them all re{peCtiuely andſeuerall wayes : though
this Polirtque part of Eloquence infrinate Speech, it is
ealte for iis greateſt Orators to want: whileſt by
the obſeruing their well graced fourmes of ſpeech,
they lec{ethe volubilitic of Application: and there- p, ,,..
fore,it ſha!l not be amiſſetorecommend thisto ber ;;, ſermo«
ter enquirie, not being.curious, whether we place ,,;; Priaati..
it heere, or in that part which concerneth Policie.,
Nowe therefore will I deſcend to the defici-
ences, Which (as Iſayd)are bur Attendances: and
firſt, | doe not finde the Wiledome and' diligence Coloresbo-
of : i//orle well pourſued , who began to make n/e mal,
a Collection of rhe popular ſignes and colonrs of good [implcis
and eui{, both ſimple and comparatine ,' which are C2 compas
\ as the Sophiſmes of Rhetoricke, (as I touched be- rar;
fore.) For Example.
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Lrod landatur, bonum: Quod unupcratur malum.

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Malum eſt, Malum eſt (inquit Empror) ſed cum re- |
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ed; and the third, that hee conceiucd but a part of
the vic of them : fortheir vie is not onely in pro.
batiof, bur much moreinImpre{ston., For many
ſourmes are equail in Sigrrficarion, which are diffe-
ring in 1mpreſson: as the difference is great in the
piercing of that which is ſharpe , and that which
1s flat, though the ſtrength of the perculsion be
the ſame : for there is no-man, but will be alittle
more rayled by hearing it ſayd: Your enemies will be
tlad of rhus,

\ Hot Ithacws velit, © magnomercentur Arride,
Than by hearing/it ſayd only,T his is exill for you,
Secondly,ldorelumeallo,that which I mentioned

-- - _ *before,touchin wer at or Preparatori? ore, for

the Furniture wy a , andreadineſſc of [nuenti-
on 3 which appearcthto be of wo orts; T heone
in reſemblancets a ſhoppe of peeces vnmade vp;
the other to a ſhopp of thinges ready made vp, both
to be applyedrothat which is frequent, and moſt in
requeſt; The former oftheſel will call Antirhera, &
the latter Formule,

| Antitheta are Theſes argued, pro © contra, wherin
Antithe»- men may be more large &laborious; bur (in ſuch as
z4 7274s areableto docit)to anoyd prolixity of entry, wiſh
the (cedesof the ſeuerallargumentsto be caſt vp1n-
to ſome briefeandacute ſentences : nottobee cy-
red : butto bee as Skaynes or Bottomes of thread,
to bee vnwinded atlarge, when they come to be
vſed : ſupplying authorities, and Examples by re-
fercnce,

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Noneft interpretatio,fed dininatio,que recedit litters,

Cum receaittr a ltiera Index tranſit in legiclatorem,

Þ” Pro (ententla Leg1s-

Ex omnibus verbis eft Elucendus ſenſus,qui interpretatur
_ fingula:

Formule are bur decent and wpt paſſages or conucy=
ances offpecche, which may ſerue indifferently for
diffcring ſubics,as of Preface, Concluſion, Digreſſim,
Tranſition, Excuſation,&c, Foras in buildings there is
great pleaſure and vic inthe well caſting of the ſtaire
| Say VAR. windowes, and the like, ſo in
| fpceche, the conneyances and paſlages are of ſpeciall

ornamencand effect, |

4c <A concluſunin a Dehheratine. Tie

So may we redeems the ſanltspiſſeds prevent the inconue
wiences ſutare.
There remayn ewo Appendices touching the tradi+
tion of knowledge, The one Critical, The other Pe+
damticall, For all knowledge is <yther deliucred by
Teachers, or attayned by mens proper endeuors:
And therefore as the principall part of Tradition of
knowledge concernerth chiefly in writing of Books; So
the Relatiue partthereof concerneth reading of Bookes
Wherunto appertayn incidenely theſe conſideratios.
The firſt is cocerning the true Correction &editioof
Authors,wherin neuertheleſle raſh dilig&ce hath don
et preiudice.For theſe Critiqueshaue oftE preſumed
that that whichthey vnderſtandnor; is falſe ſer down;
As thePrieſt,that where he found it written of $,Paul
»Demilſu« eff per ſportam, meded bis back and made it De
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mniſſies eſt per portam becauſe,Sprriawas an hard word,
andoout of his TI! x09 17776 theirerrors,though
and

they be not ſo pal ridiculous, yet are ot the
ſame kind. And therefore as ithath beene wiſely no-
ted,the moſtcorreRedeopies arecomonly the leaſt
correct.

The ſecondis concefning the expoſition and ex-
plication of Authors, which reſtethin Annotacions
and,Comenraryes ,wherin itisoucrviual co blaunch
the obſcure places; anddifcourſe. vpon the playne.

- Thethirdis concerningthe times, which in many
cafes giue grearlightro rrueEnterprecations. ©
...>Thefourthts'concerning ſome: bricfe Cenſure
and iudgement of the Authors,thattaen therbyamay
make ſome cleCtion: viito. themſclues, what Bookes
to Teadec: By” 1 SLIM | Eu

And the fiftis concerning the Syntax and diſpo-
firiow of ſtadics;thatmey maykhowinwharorder or

og = toreade. CAD "J (qe) vw - 253 Fouts Or
fSorÞP-z Dan T1ca ri kbowledge, it contayneth
thar'differece of Tradrion which is Pons for youth:

Whereunto apperraine' divers confiderations of
oreatfrilir, : | hs 1 {+ 1 3211253003 3451 y-C
As fuſt rhe cyming and ſeafoning of knowledges,

as with what to initiace them, 'and 'from what tor a

- timetorefraine them: T

\ Secondly,the conſideration where to begin! with
the eaſieſt, and ſoproceede to themoreditficult; And
in what courſes ro'prefſe the” more difficulce and
mem co''the more eaſie' 2 for irjs'one
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nother to practiſe dauncing with heany ſhooes.
Athird is the application of learning according

ynto:the propriety of the wittes;for there isno defect

in-the tacultics intelleQuall; but ſcemeth to have: x
proper Cure contaynedin ſome ſtudies; As for ex-
ample,lt a Child be Bird-wirted, that is, hath not the
faculticofattevtion, the Mathemartiques giueth a re+
medy theremno;for in them; if the witte be caught
away but a moment,one is new to begin. And as fci-
ences hane a propricty towards faculties forCure and
helpe; So faculties or powers haue aSimpathy to-
wards Sciences for excellencyor ſpeedy profiting:
And therfore it is an enquiry ot'greate wifedom what
kinds of wits and Natures are moſt apt and proper
for what ſciences. co
Fourthly the ordering of exerciſes is matter of
grearconſequenceto hurt orhelpe; For as'is well ob
ferued by Ctcerognen in exerciſing their faculties if
they be not wel aduiſed doe exerciſe their faultes &
get ill habitsaswell as good; ſoas thereis a greate
indoement to be had in the;continvance and inter-
miſhon of Exerciſes, [t were tolonge to particularize
anumber of other conſideratios of this nature,things
but of meane appeatance, but of ſingular efficacy,
For asthe wronging orcheriſhing of ſeeds or young
plants,is that,that is moſtimportant to their thriving
Andasit was nored, thatthe firſt fix' kings being in
truceth-as Tutors of the State of Rome in the infancy
thereof,was the principal cauſe ofthe. immenſe great.
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neſſe of thar ſtate which followed. Sothe culture and
manurance of Minds in youth, hath ſucha forcible
(though vnſeen) operacion,as hardly any length of
rime orcontention of Jabour can counteruaile it at-
terwards+ Andit is not atniffe to obſerue alſo, how
fmall and meane faculties gotten by Education, yet
when they fall into greate men or great matters, doe
work great and important effes_: whereof we ſce a
notable _- in T acitzs of rwo Stage-plaicrs,Per-
cennins and Yibulenus; who by their tacultic of play-
ing, put the Panonian armies into an extreame tu-
multe and combuſtion , For there ariſing a mutinic
amongſt them,vpon the dearhof Auguſtiz Ceſar, Ble-
fs the lieuctenanthad committed ſome of rhe Mu-
tiners which were ſuddenly reſcued: whereupon Yr
bulenus got to be heard ſpeake, which he did in this
manner, Theſe poore innocent wretches appointed to cyuell
death,you bane reſtored to behovld chelieht; But who ſhall
reſtore my brother to me,ox life untomy brother? that may
fent hither in meſſaze from the legions of Germany! o treat
of the common Cauſe,and bd hath murdered: him this l1;t
night by ſome of hs fencer».& ruffians,tbat b: huh about
hips for his executioners vpon Sowldiours t Anſwer Bleſus,
what is done with his brdy:T he mortalleſt Enem:es doe not
deny buriall:-when I have per formed my laſt © auties to the
Corpes with kiſſet,with reares command me to beſlaine be-_
fides hims,ſo that th:ſe my fellewes for our good menineand
our true hearts to the Legions 'may his leane to bury vs.
With which ſpeeche he put the army into an inft-
nite fury and vprore , whereas truth was he had _
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brother,neyther was there any ſuch matter ; but hee
plaident meerely as if he had becne vpon theſtages
But to returne, we arenowcome to'a period of
Ratrionatr KnovwLeDGas, whereinifI haue
_ made the div:e5»5 other than thoſe that are receiued,
ye would I not be thought to diſallow all thoſe diuiz-
. ſhons,whichI doe not vie, For there is adoublecne-
ceſſity impoſed vpon me of altering the diuiſions. The
one becaulſc ic liferech in-end and purpole,.to forte
together thoſe things which are next m Nature, and
thoſe things which arenextin vſe. Forit a fecretary
of Eſtate,ſhould ſorthis papers, itis like in his ſtudy,
or generall Cabinet, he would fort together things
of a Nature,as Treatics,lnſtruftions, &c, Butin his
Boxes, or particular Cabiner, 'hee would ſort togi-
ther thoſe that he were like to vie together, though of
ſeucrall Natures : Soin this generall Cabyner of.
knowledge,it was neceſſary for me to follow the di-
uiſions of the Nature of things, whereas if my ſejfe
had beene to handle any particular knowledge, I
would haue reſpected the Diviſions fureſt jor ſe. The
- other,becaufe the bringing in of the Deficrences did
by Conſequence alter the Partitions of the reſt , For |
let the knowledge extant(for demonſtration ſake) be
15, Letthe knowledge with the Deficiences be 20»
the parts of 15.are notthe parts of 20,for the parts of
15,arc 3-and 5.the parts of 20,arc 2-4.5.and 10+ SOas
theſe things are witbout Contradiction,, and could
not otherwiſe be,

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ment of Learning.

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AJ >fidereth of the -A'vpsr ttt and: Wir

1120 -Man;whereof Sulomon fayth _Aanieomn:g
211% » > »* fils enſtol cor tum am inde proceaunt attio.
refvirelhothe handling of this ſtience, thoſe which
have' written 'ſeeme to me-to haue done: as if a man
char profeſſed to teachto write did only exhibit faire
copies of Alphaberi,8& letrers joyned, without gening
any precepts or direttios;fot the cariage of the hid &
framing of the letters.56 haiie they 'made good8& fair
Exetnplars & coppies,carieng the draughts'and pour
traiturs of Good. YVertne,Duety, Felicity, propoiiding the
well deſcribed as thetrue obieRs and ſcopes of mis
wil and'defires:Burhow ro attdinitheſe excellermarks,
aid how ro fratne atid ſibdie the will of tanto be-
come true and conformable 'to'thtfe purſuites, they

e it ouer alroget r;or ſlightly and vnproficably
Forit is notrhe diſpitivg;,Thatmorall vertues are in
the Minde of man'by habtte & notby” nature: or the
1108 10 hs generous ſpiritesare wonne by
dodrines andperſwaſions,and the vulgar ſort by re-
ward &puniſhment, and the like ſcartered glances
and rouches that can 'excuſe the” abſence” of this

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; Thereaſon ofthis” omiſſion I ſuppoſe to be that
hiddenRocke mrs eo both this and many other
barc bay tray c hane beene caſt away;which
is ,thar then haue diſpiſedto'beconuerſantinordina-
ry and common matters , the iudicious direQion
whereof neuertheleſle js the wiſeſt dorine: (tor life

COn-

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accttaine reſplendent or- lJaftrous maſle of matter

choſen to giue glory cicher to the {ubcillity of diſpura- -

cions or to the eloquence gf diſcourſes. But execs,
ginech an excellent check -t9 elogucnce Noeet i/fyeloe
| quentiapubus non rerum'vwpiattatem facit ſed ſui doc..
© rrines ſhould:be ſuchas ſhould make , men in lone
withthe Leflon,and not withthe;Teacher, being di-
rected torthe Auditors benehe,and'not.to the - Ay-
thors commendation:Arid therefore thaſe are of the
' right: kinde: which: may be concluded as Demoſihe.
nes concludes. his counſell Pue 5 fer or 1s mon Oats.
rem auntaxat tnprſentialandaditis fed
#14 mult peſt hate reruniweſtraryunt FEED

Neyther needed men of ſo excelent parts $0 hane

deſpaired of a Fortune, (which'the Poet Yogilpromi- -

fed himſalfe,gnd mana 1 ch
glory of eloquenceywit, andJearningintherxpret
py gof CE ering ot huf bandry', as of rhe he-
roicall as ob nee, TY. FUSE
' Nec ſun aim alubius verbss ed VIAL E mAgnums
Duan {ut > aveaftichicaddere rebuthonorem.: \
Andſirely ifche putpofe/ be ingood-carneſtnoteo
write at leaſurethar which mE mayreadatlcafure;but
really to inſtruct and ſuborne Action and actiue life,
theſe Georgickes of the mind concerning the hul-
badry&rillage rherot,areno lefle worthyrhe the he-
roieatdeſctiprios of vertar,duty,be febritywhertore the
maine &primitiuc diuifion of Morall knowledge _

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conliſteth notinnouclies ner fubtilitics .) but xon-
rrariwiſethey have compounded Sciences chjefly;of

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1 1; { *\ the other preſcribing rulehow'ro ſubdue; apply and
” Jo ah oo | accomodarerhe wil ll totharerino.t , c: | ;
hy”. --"ThtDoftrine touching theP car +0 RME OI Na-

rVndofGoof <conſiderech"ireither Stmeus or
C our ant ov citherthekindes of Goodor: the de-
grees of Good: Itr the laterwhereofchoſewifinite dil:
| pinatiohs; which-weretouchiug thc ſupreme degree
*thereof, which they terine Peliciey,Beatirude, or the
higheſt Good the doarines concerning which were
asche heathen Diuini ink by che chriſtian faich diſ-
charged. And as 4ri/totle ſaith, Thatyoug men may bee

= hapy,but reel ul Yep 3 99 we muſtal}-ac-
K og our Minority, an Tnkirace the felicity,
| of the furure world.

e; anddeliuered from this dotrine
oſophers dn wheealeret ey ned an
Hiobret ie aps of Maris Nature, then was; For we
ſec in what an height of ſtile Seweca writeth, Vere Mag-
num, babere ſragilitatem hominis, ſecuritatem. Dei.) We
may wit more: — anderuerh. receiuethe reſt
ir Enquiriesand labors? VWhetein for the Ns.
tcl of Good jour le, they hauc ſet irdowne
Cs in deſcribing the fourmes of Yerte and
Da!9,with theirficuations and poſtures, in diſtribu-
= Nhaminiocheir kinds,parts,Prouinces, Actions,
ad Adminiſtrations, and the like; Nay furder, they
have commended hem to Mans Nature, and Pk
wit

* with greate_ quickneſle of Argumente, and beauty
- of perſualions, yea , and fortified and entrenched

them (as much as diſcourſe can doe)againſt corrupt

and popular opinions, Againe , for the derrees, and
Comparatite Nature of Good , they haue alſo excel.
lentlye handled it in their triplicicy of Good; in the
compariſons betweene a Contemplatiue and an
aQiuc lite,in the diſtintion between vertue with re-
Iacation,and vertue fecured;in their encounters be-
tween honeſty and profit, in theyr ballancing of ver«
tue withvertue, and the like; fo as this parte de.
ſeructh to bee reported for excellentlye labou.-
red,

Notwithſtanding, if before they had commen to
the popular and receiued Nocions of vertue and

vice,pleaſure and payne,and thereſt, they had ſtayed

alittle longer vpon the Enquirye , concerning the

Rootes of Good and cuill, and the Strings of thoſe
Rootes,they had giuen in my opinion,a grear light
to that which followed; and ſpeciallye it they had
couſulted with Nature,they had made their docrins
leſſeprolixe,and more profound; which beeing b
them in part omitted,and in part handled with muc
Confuſion,we will endeauour to reſume, and open
in a more clcare Manner,

There is fourmed in euery thing a double
Nature of Goodzthe one,as cuery thing 1s, a Total!
or ſubſtantiue in it ſelfez the other,as it is a parte
or Mcmber of a greater Bodye 3 whereof the
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the later is in degreethe greater, and the worthicr,
becauſe it tendeth to the conſeruation of a more ge=
nerall fourme. Therefore we ſee,the Tron in particu-
ler fimpathye moouerh to the Loadſtone; But yer if
itexceede a cettayne quantity,it forſaketh the affeCti.
| on to the Leadſtone and like a good patriot mooueth
E. —. the Earth which is the Region and Countrye of
207 0P0Þ Maſſie Bodyeszſo may we goe forward, and ſee that
WD” oxaT orb 17 417 and Maſſie bodyes moue to the Center of theearth

jr« - 4«e Butrather the to ſuffer a diuulfi5 in the cStinuice of

hs fonrifnrhat Nature they wil mooue vpwards from the Center ot
pcm Nalore Rah-the Earth: forſaking their dutye to the Earth in rex
V gard of their duty to the World, This double nature
of Good & the com- paratiue thereof is much more

engraue vpon Man, it he degenerate not: anto who

the Colcruation of duty tothe publique ought to be

much more pecious then the Conſeruation of life

and being:according to that Memorable ſpeache of

Pompeins Magnus when being in commiſſion of

ueiance for a famine at Rome,and being difſua-

ded with great vehemency and inſtanceby his frinds

about bim that he ſhould uot hazard himfelfe to Sea

in an exreemity of weather he ſayd onlyto them:

Neceſſeeſt ut eam, non vt vinam: But it may be truly

aftirmed that there was neuer any phy/ofophy, Rel:-

: » + gionor other diſcipline, which did fo playnly and
highly exalt the good which is Communicative and

depreſie the good which is priuate and particulec

awghe Holy faith:well declaring that it was the ſame

God,that gaue the Chriſtian = ro men,who gaue

of thoſe

— Theſecond book: — —

thoſe Lawes of nature, to inaminate Creatures thar
we ſpakeof before 3 for we reade that the elected
Saints of God haue wiſhed themſclues Anathemi-
zed,and razed out of the Booke of lite, in an cxtaſic
ol Chariry,and infinite feeling of Communion,
This being ſer downe and ſtrongly planted doth
indge and determine moſt of the Controuetfics
wherein Meral! Philoſophie is Conuerſant 3 For
{irſt it decideth the queſtion touching the preferment
of the Contemplariue or aCtiue life, and decideth ir
againſt Arii/o!/e;For all the reaſos which he bringeth
for the Contemplatiue, are priuate, and reſpectin
the pleaſure and dignity of a mans ſelfe,(in which re-
ſpcas no queſtion the contemplariue lite hath the
precmynence;) not much valiketo that Compari-
ſon,which Py:hagoras made for the gracing and Mag
nifying of Philoſophy,and Contemplacion who be-
ing aſked what he was,anſwered: That if Hiero were e-
wer at the Olimpian games, he knew che Manner , that
ſome came to try. their fortune for the prizes,and ſome cans
as Merchants to witer their commodities, and ſome came
to make good cherreand meete their friends ,and ſom eame
zo looke on, that hewas one af them that came 10 look on«
But men muſt know, that-in this Theater of Mans
life,it is reſerucd onely for Godand Angels to be log
kers on, Neither could the like queſtion cuer haue
| Beenereceiucd in the Church,notwithſtanding their
(Preticſa in ocul;s Domini mors ſantterumeiu)by which
ue they wouldexalt their Ciuile death,andregu-=

er profctlions, but vpon this detence, that the Mo-
Tc2 naſticall

the latcr is in degreethe greater, and the worthicr,
becauſe it tendeth to the conſeruation of a more ge-
nerall fourme.Therefore we ſee,the [ron in particu-
ler fimpathye mooueth co the Loadſtone; Bur yer if
itexceede a cettayne quantity,it forſaketh the affeCti-
on to the ZLeaaſtone and like a good patriot mooueth

to the Earth which is the Region and Countrye of

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& forms 4 \,. MaſlieBodycs;lo may we goe forward, and ſee that
acv; why 740 and Maſſie bodyes moue to the Center of the earth

CT a L ' = >: hargd
fra - que Butrather thE to ſuffer a diuulſ16 in the cStinuice of

hd ſnout rhe Nature they wil mooue vpwards from the Center of
| cm Nahore Rah-the Earth: forſaking their dutye to the Earth in rea
| __ gardoftheirduty tothe World, This double nature
of Good & the com: paratiue thereof is much more

engrauE ypon Man, it he degenerate not: anto who

the Coleruation of duty to the publique ought to be

much more pecious 'then the Conſeruation of life

and being:according to that Memorable ſpeache of

Pompeins Magnus when being in commiſſion of

ueiance for a famine at Rome,and being difſua-

ded with great vehemency and inſtance by his frinds

about bim that he ſhould uot hazard himſelfe to Sea

in an exrecmity of weather he ſayd only to them:

Neceſſeeſt ut eam, non vt vinam: But it may be truly

affirmed that there was neuer any phy/ofophy, Rel:-

- . _ gionor other diſcipline, which d:d fo playnly and
highly exa't the good which is Communicative and

depreſie the good which is private and patticuler

asthe Holy faith:well declaring that it was the ſame

God.,that gaue the Chriſtian = ro men,who gaue

7 thoſe

thoſe Lawes ofnature, to inaminate Creatures thar
we ſpakeof before ; for we reade that the elected
Saints of God haue wiſhed themſclues Anathemi-
zed,and razed out of the Booke of life, in an cxtaſic
of Charicy,and infinite feehng of Communion,
This being fer downe and {ſtrongly planted doth
| 1ydge and determine moſt of the Controuerfics
wherein <AMeral Philoſophie is Conuerſant ; For
firſt it decideth the queſtion touching the preferment
of the Contemplariue or aCtiue life, and decideth ir
againſt Arii/o:/c;For all the realos which he bringeth
for the Contemplatiue, are priuate, and reſpectin

the pleaſure and dignity of a mans ſelfe,(in which re-

ſpes no queſtion the contemplatiue lite hath the
precmynence;) not much valiketo that Compart-
ſon,which Py:hagoras made for the gracing and Mag
nifying of Philoſophy,and Contemplacion who be-
ing aſked what he was,anſwered: That if Hierowere e-
wer at the Olimpian games, he knew che Manner , that
ſome came to try their fortune for the prizes,and ſome cam
as Merchants to wviter thiir commodities, and ſome came
to make g00d cherre,and meete their friends,and ſom came
zo looke on,c3 that hewas one af them that came 10 look on«
But men muſt know, that-in this Theater of Mans
life,it is reſerued onely for God and Angels to be log
kers on, Neither could the like queſtion cuer haue
Beene receiucd in the Church,notwithſtanding their
(Preticſa in ocul;s Domini mors ſantterumeiugYoy which
ne they would exalt their Ciuile death,andregu=

er profetlions, but vpon this detence, that the Mo-
Te2 naſticall

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naſtical lifeis not ſimple Contemplatiue,bur perfor:
meth the duty cither of inceſſant prayers and ſuppl

cations which hath been truly eſteemed as an office
inthe church,or els of writing or in taking jnſtruc.

tions for writing concerning the ſaw of God as 20.
ſes did,when he abode ſo long in the Mount. And fo

wee ſee Henoch the ,7.from Adam who was the firſt

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and Socrates, and thevr ſchoolesand fucceſſions on
the oneſide, whoplaced felicity in vertue ſimply or
attended:the ations andexerciſes wherof do chiefl
imbrace and concerne ſociety; & on the other ſide,
the C;renaiques & Epicureans,whoplaced itin pleaſure
and madevertue, (asit is vſed in ſome comedyes of
Errors,whcrein the Miſtres and the Maide change ha
birs)to be but as a ſeruir, withour which,pleaſureci-
not be ſerued and attended,and the reformed (choole
ofthe Epicureas,which placed itin ſerenity ofmind
and freedome from perturbation:-as if they woulde
kaue depoſed 1»prter againe,and reſtored Saturne,and
the firſtage, when there was no ſummer nor winter,
T0 nor Autumne,butal after one ayre and ſeaſon
nd a mepacedElicity in extingutthmer
of the diſputes of the mind, making no fixed Nature
of Good and euilleſtceming things according tothe

cleer-

T he ſecond booke N, 20 74.

cleernes of the deſires, or the reluEtation:which opini
on was reuiued inthe hereſy of the Anabaptiſts,mea
ſuring things according tothe motions of the fprrir,
and the conitancy'or wauering of beleete, all which
are maniteſt to tend to priuate repoſe &cotentment,
and not to poynt of ſociety. |

Le cenſureth alſo the philoſophy of Evidfetns which
preſuppoleth thar felicity muſt bee placed in thole
things which are in our power, leaſt we belyable to
fortune & diſturbance: as if it were nota thing much
more happy to faile in good and vertnous'ends for
the publicke,then to obtayne all that wee can wiſh to
our ſelues in our proper fortune:as Corſaino ſayd to
his ſouldiers,ſhewingthem Naples and proteſting,he
had rather dy one foote forwards, then ro haue his
life ſecured for long,by one foote of retrayt: Where -
unto the wiſedome of that heauenly Leader hath f1g-
ned, who hath affirmed that .A4 good Conſcience is 4
continuall Feaſie, ſhewing plainly that the cOnſeience
of good intencions howloeuer ſucceeding, isa more
continuall ioy to nature,then all che prouttion which
can be made for ſecurity and repoſe.
It cenſurcth likewife that abuſe of Philoſophy,which
grew-generall about the time of Epidterms, in conuer-
ting it into an occupation or profeſſton: as it the pur-
poſe had bene,not to refiſt and extinguiſh perturba-
rions,butto fly and auoide'the cauſes of them, & to
ſhape a particular kind and courſe of liteto that end,
introducing ſuch an health of mind,as was that health
of body,ot which Ari/toile ſpeaketh of Heredicar, who
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didnothing nothing all kis life long, but intend his
health,whereas if men refer themſclues ro dutyes of
Society;as that health of Body is beſt, which is able(l
to endure all alterations and extremityes,So likewilc
thathealth of Mind is moſtproper , which can goc

through the greateſt temptations and perturbations.

So as D:ogeres opinion 15 tobe accepted, who Com:
mendednot them which abſteyned, but them which
{uſtayned,and could refraine their Mind in Precipiuio,
and could giue vato the mind(as is vicd in horſman..
ſhip)the ſhorreſt ſtop or turne,

Laſtly ir cenſureth the Tenderneſſe and want of
2pplication in ſome of the moſt auncient and reue-
rend Philoſophers and Philoſophicall men, thar did
retyre too caſily from Ciuile buſlineſſe,for auoyding
of [ndignitics 8 perturbations, whereas the reſolu-

tion of men truly Moral,ought to be ſuch,as theſame

Conſerve {ayd,the honor of a fouldior ſhould be F re«
ls Craſſipre,and not ſo fine,as that everything ſhould
catch 1nir,and condanger it,

To reſume private or particular good, itfalleth into
the diuiſt6 of Good Adtiue cs Paſſme;Forthis differece
of Good,(not vnlike to that which amongſt the Ro-
mas was expreſled inthe familiar or houthold terms
of Proms and Condus, )is formed alſoin all things,&
1S beſt diſcloſed in che cwo ſeuerall Appetites in crea
tureszthe one to preſeruc or continue themſclues,%
the other to dilate or Multiply themſelues; whereof
the later ſeemeth to be the worthyer; For in Nature
the hcaucns, whichare the more worthy, are the 4

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the Patient , In the pleaſures of liuing creatures ,
that of generation is greater then that of foode.
In divine Doatine , Beatizs eft dare quam accijere :
Andin l:fe there is no mans ſpirit ſo ſoft but eſte.
meth the cftecting of ſomwhar char he hath fixed in
his defire, more then ſenſuality:which priority of the
Actiue Good,is much vpheld by the Conſideration
of. our eſtate to be mortall & expoled to fortune: for,
if wee mought haue a perpetuityand Certainty in
our pleaſures, the State ot them would advancetheir
price.Bnt when we ſee it is but Magn e/fimamns Mort
tarains and Ne glerieris de craſtino.Neſcis Partum diet
itmaketh vs to deſire to haue ſomwhat ſecured and
exempted from 'Tim2,which are, onelye our deedes
and works, 2s it is ſayd Oreracorum ſequuntny eos, The
preheminence likewiſe of this actiue good 1s ypheld
by the afteCtion which is naturall in man towardes
varicty and proceeding which in the pleaſures of rhe
ſencefwhich is the principal part of Paſ/zve good )can
haueno great latitude.Cogita quamain eadem feceris;Ci
bus, Somnus, Ludus per hune Circuli curritur, mori velle
wo tantii fertis aut miſer aut prudens ſed etia (aſtidiuſus p0-
teſt .Butinenterpriſes,purſutes & purpolcs of lite ther
is much variety,wherof men are ſe{tble with pleaſure
in theyr inceptions,progreſſions,recoyls,reintegrati-
ons,approches and atteynings to their cnds, 50 as it
was wel ſaid:/ita ſine propoſito languiaa & vaga eſi-Nei-
- therhath this Actiue good an( Identity with the
good of Society, though,in ſome caſe, it hath an in-

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jorth A&ts of Beneficeceyetit is with areſpe&priuate
to amas own power,glory,amplificatio,corinuice::s
appeareth plaialy when it findeth a coatrary Sutbiec&t
: «41+. Forthat Gygitine ſtate of mind which poſleſleth the
Boom, . trowblers ortheworld, ſuch as was Luzins Sylla and
; infait otherin ſinaller model who would haue all m}
happy or vahappy asthey weretheir friends or Ent
mics.and would gjue fourmto the world according
to their owne humors(whichis the true Th:omachy}
pretenceth and afpirethto Actiue good, though it
recederth furtheſt from'goodof Society which wee
hauec determinedtobethe greaters« _

To reſume Paſſive Good it recciueth aſubdiuiſion
of Copſernatine ang Perfettine. Forletvs take a brief
Revieiv of that which we haue ſaid,we-haue ſpoken
firſt ot the Good of Societythe intention whetcof

5 en:braceththe Fourmof Humaine Nature,whereof
—_-... - we are members & Portions:and not our owne pro»
ques 1 "oth 4, oe per and Indjuidual fourme:we have ſpoken of Actiue
_—— ee good and ſuppoſed itas a part of Private and particu
1 Mullipl cahoms «+ Jargood, Andri 7 fre there is impreſied vppon
- all things atriple delire or appetite proceeding from
g _ Joueto themſelnes , one of preſerumeg and. contynuine
theyr form,another of Aduaxcineand Perfirting their
fourm andathird of Afwltiplyine and extending their
fourme vpen orherthings; whereof the multiplyſng
cr f1gnarure of it vpon otherthings,isthat which we
handledby the nameof Actiue good, Soas there re+
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aduancement js the greater. Soin man Pav{e A Lad

Tencs fl ell vigor, caleftis crigo, His approach [- efis ral
or Aſſmptis to divine or Angelſcall Nature,is the 7 /4atg m 3d
perfetion of his forme, The error or falſe Imitatio of , mule
which good is|that whichis the tEpeſt of kvw:re life ; falts Ambihs:
whileman ypothe inſtinQof an aduicement Formal, 1
and Eſſential is carried to ſeekan aduancementLocall «
For as thoſe which are fick,& finde no remedy, doe
tumble vp and downe and chaunge place, asit by a
Remove Prax], they could obtayne a Remooue In-
tervall:So is it with men in ambition,when fayling of
the meare toexalt their Nature, they arcinaperpe-
tuall cſtuation to exalte theyr Place. So then pasſme
Good, is, as was ſayce, eyther Conſcruatine or Per
fettine. his

To reſume the good of conſeruation or Crmforte,
which conſiſteth :# he ſruicion of that which agree-
able ro our Natures jtſeemeth to be the moſt pure and
Naturall of pleaſures, butyetthe ſofteſt and the low-
_ eſt. Andthis alſo receiverh a diftertce, which hath nei-
ther beene well judged of, nor well inquired- For
the good of fruition or contentment,is placed eyther
in the Sincereneſſe of theſruition,or in the quickneſſe &
vigor of 51,the oreſuperineuced by the «Equality, theo
ther by Y«c;1#ae:the one hauing leſle mixtureotEx!!,
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crates, anda Sop {> Socrates placing felicity in an c-
qualland conſtanypeace ofmind;and the Sophiſtin
much defiring,and much enioying:they fellfrom Ar-
bif ſaying that Sucrates
licity,was thefelicity of ablock or ſtone,and Sorr4-
* zes ſaying thatthe SophiF* felicity, was the felicity of
onethar had the itch, who did nothing but itche and
ſkratch- And both theſe opinions, do not want their
' ſupports.For the opinion of Socrates is much vpheld
by the generall conſent,euen ofthe Epicures them-

{clues,thar vertue beareth a great partin felicity:and
if ſo,certain it is, that vertue hath more vſc in clee=

Ting perturbations, thenin compaſſing deſires, The
Sophiſts opinior is mnch fauoured,by the Aſſertion
welaſt ſpake of,thatgood of Adnancement , is greater
then good of ſimple Preſerua:ion : becauſe, cucty obtay-
ning a defire;hatha ſhew of aduancement,as mocioa
though ina Circle;hath a ſhew of progreſſion. .*

; Burtheſecond queſtion, decided the true waye,
maketh the former ſuperfluous.For, can it be doub-
red,but that there are ſome, who take pleaſute
mentoyingpleaſures,then ſome other; and yer ne=

ner ca lefle troubledwith the loſle or lea-
un; MmrS0 as this ſame; Nox vti,vt nou apperds ;
Now appetere,vt non metnas ſunt animi puſilli c* aiffden-
1s, And it ſcemeth to me, that moſtof the dodtrines -
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then the Nature of things requireth.So hane they en-

creaſed the feare ofdeath,in offering to cure ir. For,

when they would haue a mans whole life, to be but a

diſcipline or preparation to dye : they mult needes _ =

make men thinke,that it isa terrible Enemy, againſt

yROW there is no end of preparing, Better faith the

oct,
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Nature: So haus

they ſought to make mens minds to vniforme and

harmonicall, by not breaking them ſufficiently to co-

trary Motions:the reaſon whereof, I ſeppoſe to be,

becaule they themſelues were men dedicated,to apri

uate,free,and vnapplied courſe of life. For,as we (ce,

vponthe lute,or like Inſtrument,a Grownd,though it

be ſweet, and haue ſhew of many changes, yet brea-
keth not the hand toſuch ſtrange and hard ſtoppes
and paſlages,as a Set ſong,or Yoluntary:much after the
ſame Manner was the diverſity betweene a Philoſo-
phicall and a ciuile like, And therefore men are to:
mitate the wiſedome of lewellers,who, it there be a
$raine,or a cloude, or an iſe which may: be: ground

orth,without taking ro much of rhe ſtone, they help
it:but,if it ſhould leffen and abate the ſtone to much
they will nor meddle with it:So ought men,ſo to pro-
Cure Sererity,as they deſtroy not magnanimity.

Hauing therefore deduced the Good of Man,which A, um Sz cicts
6 [rinate & pariicu/ar, as far asſeemeth fit : weewill ;,, g/cm

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beholdeth Society which we may terme Duty; bi.
cauſe the term of duty is more propper to a minde
well framed & diſpoſed towards others,as the terme
of vertue is applyed to a mind well formed 8& copo-
ſcd in it ſelfe,though neither can a man vnderſtand
yerrue without ſome relation to Society, nor duery
without an inwarde diſpoſition, This part may ſeem
at firſt ro pertaine to Science Ciuile and Politicke :
butnotificbe wel obſerucd, For it concerneth the
RegimeEr8 gouernment of euery man;over himſelf,
&not ouer others. And as inarchitetur,the direio
of franiing thepoſtes beames 8 other parts of buil 4
ding is nottheſame with themaner ofjoynin them
audercting the building:And in mechanicalls , the
direction how to frame 'an Inſtrumcat or Engyne,
is not the ſame with the manner of ſetting 1t on
woorke and imploying itandyer neuertheleſle in
exprefſing'of the one , you incidently expreſſe the
Aptacſle rowardes the other:So rhe dodrine of
Coniugation of men in Socyety , diff:rererh from
that oftheir conformity therevato,

This patr of Duty is ſudiuided into two parrs:the
rn eaten n;as a Man or member of
a State: The ot < the relperiue-of ſpeciull duty of
euery man 1n_ ns profeſhonyocation'and lace *

The fi of theſe, isextit &weHaboured a: 2
ſaie.,Tke ſecod like wiſeI may report rather diſperſed
the deficietwhich maner of diſperſed writing in this
kind of Arguniet;I acknowledge to be beſt. For who
catake vpo him to write ofthe proper duty,vertue cha
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* and right,of eucry ſcuerall vocation ptofeſſion, and
* place. Foralthough ſometimes a Looker on may ſee
more then a gameſter and there be a Prouerb more
arroganttheu ſound T hat the vale beſt diſconereth the
hill:yer there is ſinall doubt but that men can write
beſt and moſt really & materialy intheir owne pro-
feſſions:& that the writing of ſpeculative men of
Attiue Matter,for the moſt part doth ſeeme ro men
of Experience as Phor mines Argument of the warrs
' ſceemedroHannidal,to be but dreames and dotage.
Onely there is one vice which accompanieth them,
that write in their own profeſſions that they magnify
the inexceſle,Burgenerally it were to be wiſhed, (as

that which wold make learning indeed ſolide & truit
fnthat Actiue men wooldor could become writers
Inwhichkind I cannot but mencion Hororis cauſa
your Maieſtics excllent book touching the duty of
a king: a woorke ritchlye compounded of Dixizity
Morality and Policy with great aſperſion of all other
artes: &being in myne opinion one of the moſte
ſound & healthful writings that I haue read:nor diſt-
emperedin the heat of inuention norm the Could-
nes of negligence:nor ſick of Duſineſle as thoſe are
who leeſe themſclues intheir order;nor of Convul-
ſions as thoſe which Crampein matters imperti-
nent:notſauoring of perfumes & paintingsas thoſe
doe whoſeck to pleaſe the Reader morethen Na-
_ ture beareth, and chiefclyewel diſpoſed'in the ſpirits
thereof, beeing agreeable ro truth,and apt for ac+
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inſirmity;whereunto I noted thoſe, thar write in their
own profeſſions to be ſubiet,which is, thatthey cx.
alt it aboue meaſure,For your Maicſty hath truly del-
cribed,nota king of Aſſyria,orPcrſia, in-their extern
gloty:but a.cMoſes,or a Dawia,Paſtors of their people,
Neither can I cuer lecſe out-of my remembraunce ,
whatI heard your Maieſty, in the ſame ſacred fpirite
of Gouernment,deliver,in a great cauſe of Iudicature
which was:T hat Kings ruled by theyr lawes,as God dia by
the lawes of Natwre,and ought as rarely to put in vſe theyr |
ſupreme Prerogatiue,as God doth his power of working Mi-
racles, Aud yet notwithſtandiug,in your bookof a free
Monarchy,you do well giue men to vnderſtand, that
you know SÞ plenitude of the power and' right of a
King,as well as the Circle of his office and duty. Thus
hauc I preſumed to alledge this excellent writing of
your Maieſty,as a gore oreminentexample of T rac-
zatesconcerning ſpeciall &reſpeRiue duryes; wherin
I ſhould haue ſaid as much,if ithad beene wricten a
thouſandyeares fince;Neither amI mooued with cer
tain Courtly decencycs, which eſtecme it flattery to
prayſcin preſence, No, it is flattery to prayſe in ab-
ſencetthar is, when eytherthe vertuc is ablent,or the
occaſionis abſent;and ſo the prayſe is not Naturall,
but forced,cirher intruth,or in time. Bur let Cicero be
readin his Oration pro Marcello,which is nothing bur
anexcellent Table of Ceſare vertue, and made to his
face,belidesthe example of many other excellent per
ſons,wiſer agreatdeale then ſuch obſeruers : and we
will ncuer doubt, vpon a full occaſion, rogiuc iuſt
. - oh praiſes

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* handling of this partie touching the duties of profe-
- ffionsand vocations a Relatine or oppoſite touching
- the fraudes cautels, impoſtures,$: vices ofeuery pro.

fefhon,which hath been likewiſe handled;But howe?
Father in a Satyre & Cinicaly,then ſeriouſly & wiſely
\ for men hauerather ſought by witto deride and tra-
duce much of that which is good in profeſſions then
with Iudgement to dilcouer and ſeuerthat which is
- corrupt,For as Salomon ſaith, He that cometh to

ſecke afterknowledg with a mind to ſcorne and cen-
* ſure,ſhalbe ſure to Fade matter for his humor butno
matter for his Inſtruction. Querenti deriſors Scientiam,

ipſa ſe-abſcondit:[ed Stutioſo fit ebuidm -Burt the mahas-
ging, of this /argument - with integrity 8& Truthe,.

which Inote as deficient, ſeemeth rome to be one of
the beſt fortifications for honeſty and vertue that can
be planted.For,as the fable goeth of the Baſiſk, that
_ it be ſee you firſt youdieforiebur if youſec hin firſt;
he dicthS0 is it with deceits and euill arts: which if

they be firſt eſpied they lceſe their life, bur if = pIC-

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eency,Cxceptmen knowexadtlyall the:condirions of
the Serpent : his baſeneſſe and going vpow-his bellye,
his volubilicy,andlubriatty» bis venvwyrandſtinge, and:
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withour this vertue lyeth operiandvnfenced.Nay an
honeſt mancan doe-no-good vppon thoſe that arc
wicked to reclaime them, without the helpe of the
knowledge ofevil.For mE ofcorrupred minds preſup+
poſe , that honeſty groweth out of Simplicitye of
manners,and beleuing of Preachers , ſchoolmaſters,
and Mens exterior Janguage. So as,except you can
make them perceiue , that you know the vemoſt
reaches of theyre owne corrupt opinions , they
deſpiſe all morality, Nor recipit flultus verbapru-
dentie , niſu ea dixeris , que verſaniar ' in Cora &r
ins.

Vnto this part touching Reſpe7ize duty, doth alſo
appertayne the dutyes betweene huſband and wite,
parent arid childe;Maſter and Seruants So likewiſe,
the lawes of friendſhip and Gratitude,the ciuile bond
of -! LIE rag an and Politike bodies”, of
neighbourhood,and all other proportionate duties:
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> Caſfws invited to a ſupper certaine, whoſe opinions
they meantto fcele,whether they were fit to be made
their Afloeiates , and caſt foorth the queſtion tou.
__ the Kilmg of a Tyrat being anwſurper they wer
deuided inopinion,ſome holding,that Seruitude was |
the Extreame of Euils;and others, that Tyranny was
better,then a Ciuile war:and anumber of rhe like ca-
ſes there arc,of coparatiue duty» Amog(t which, that
of all others,is the moſt frequent,where the queſtion /ampu1atre InmusH
is of a great deale of good to enſue of a ſmall Iniuſt- pra7btr7 nom ma
ice. Which 1ſon alia determined againſt the ©*” Son fubure'
cruth;_44qwa ſunt iniuſle ſacienda, vt multa tuſte fiers "7 PR.
o/{unt.But the reply is good; Authorem preſentis 1uſti- |
iti habes; ſponſorem future non habes; Men muſt pur. 2,1, 4 Stats.

ſuc things which are iuſt in preſente', and Icaue_the »Fwrahroin a -
future to the diuine prouidence:So then we paſſe on
from this generall part touching the Excmplar and 4
ceſcription of Goods

Now therefore,that we haue ſpoken of this fruite
_ of life,it remaineth to. ſpeake oithe Huſbandry that
belongeth thereunto,without which part, the former D e Cul-
ſecmeth to be no berter then a faire lmage,or /a!ua, F#74 y
which is beautifull to contemplate, but is without life 4y;nr,
and mocion:whereunto Ariſtotle hinaſeite ſubſcriberh
intheſe words : Nzceſſe eſt (cilicet de wirtute aicere, &
quid (it ex quibus gignatur.Iuutile enim fere fnerit,vir-
tutem quidem noſſe, acquirende autem eins modes & Vias
1gnorare Non enim de virtute tantuwm,qua ſpecie ft, que-
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wim volumus , et rem ipram noſſe C7 ein compoies
feeri :Hoc antem ex v0r0 n0n ſuccedet, niſt feramus & ex
qubesg quomodoIn ſuchfull wordes and with ſuch
Iteration doth he inculcate this part : So ſaith Cicero |
in great Commendation of Cato the ſecond,thar he
hehad applyed himſelfto Philoſophy. Non ita 4iſ-

putandi Carſaiſed its vigendi, Andalthough the neg-
leQ ofour tymes wherein few men doe houlde any
Conſultations touching the reformation of theire
- life(as Seneca excellently ſaith, De paritbus wite quiſ-
_ deliberat le ſamma nemo) may make this part ſeem
uperfluous:yerT muſt Conclude: with that 4phoriſm
of Hypocrates, 2nj graui morbo correpti dolores non ſenti-
unt, js mens ezrotat. They neede medicine nor onely
to aſlwage the diſeaſe butto awake the ſenſe Andif it
be laide, thatthe cure of mens Mindesbelongeth to
facred diuinity,it is moſttrue:Buryer Morall Philoo-
ply may be preferred vntoher as a wife ſeruaunt,and
wimble handmaide.For as the Palme ſaith, T hat the
eyes of the bandmayde locke peypetually rowar4es the w_
reſſe, and - no doubt-many things are left tothe dif-
cretionof the handmayde,to diſce:nz ofthe miſtreſle
will-So ought Morall Philoſophy to giuea conſtant
- attentionto che doctrines of Diuinity, an1 yer ſo as
it nay yceld ofher ſelfe(withindue limits) Viany ſod

an4 profitable direQions,

This Parrtherefore,becauſe of the excellency ther-
of, I cannorbut find exceeding ſtrange , that it is not
reducedtowritten enquiry, the rather becauſe it con-
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talke of men-(which is rare, but yer commeth ſome.
times to paſle)is wiſer then their Bookes : It is reaſo-
nable therefore that we propound itin the more par-
+ ticularity,toth forthe woorthineſle, and becauſe we
way acquite our ſeluesfor reporting itdeficier which
ſeemeth almoſt incredible,and is otherwiſe conceiued
and preſuppoſed by thoſe themſclues, that haue writ.
ten-VVe wil therfore enumerate ſome heads orPoints
thereof, that ir may appeare the betrer what it is, and
whether it be extant, * |

Firſt therefore inthis,as in allthings,which ar prac«
ticall,we ought to caſt vp our account, what is'inour
power,and whatnot:forthe one may be dealte with
by wave of alteration, but the other by waye of ap-
plication onely.The huſbandman cannot command, -
neither the Nature of the Earth , nor the ſeaſons of
the weather: no more can the Phyſition the conſti- =
eution of the patiente,nor the varietye of Accidentes, 1 Moray alt .
Soin the Culcure and Cure ofthe mynde of Man, {us rfs &Alva
ewothinges are without our commaund:Poyntes of Fab no fr2 fun
Nature; and pointes of Fortune, For to the Baſis of Natwa £ Fort
the one,and the Conditions of the other, our worke
is limited andtied, Intheſe thinges therefore, itis
left vnto vs , to proceede by application ,
Vincenda eff omniz fortuna ſerenao : and ſo likewiſe
vincenda eſt cemnis Natuys ferendo , But , when
that wee ſpeake of ſufferinge , wee doenotſpeake
of 2 dull , and negleRed © ſufferinge , but of a
wiſe and induſtrious ſufferinge , which drawcth,

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ſcemerh aduerſe and contrary;zwhich is that property
which we cal;Accomodating or Applying.Now the
wiſedome of Application reſteth principally in the
exa& & diſtin&t knowledge of the precedent ſtate,or
diſpoſition,vnto which we do apply: for we cannot
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ſer downe Sound and truediſtributions and deſcripti-
ons of the ſeueral charaGers &tempers of mens Na-
tures and:diſpoſitions ſpecially hauing regard to
thoſe differences which are moſtradicall in being the

| fountayns and Cauſes ofthe reſt or moſt frequent in

Concurrence or Commixture; wherein it is not the
handling ofa fewe of them in paſlage the betrer to
deſcribe the Mediocrities of vertues that can fatiſfc
this intention for itit deſtrue to-be conſidered That
there are minds which are proportioned to great mattes,cy
others to ſmal,(Vhich Ariſtotle handleth or ought to
bauchandled by the name of Magnaminity) doth ir
not deſerue as well to be Conſidered, That there arc
mindes proforiioned t0 intend many matters and othcys 10
fem? Sothat ſomecandeuidethem ſelues others can
perchance do exaQtly wel, but irmuſt bee but in fewe
thingsat once; Ando there cometh tobee a Nar-
rownes of mind as wel as a Puſullanimuy, And againe,
That ſomemindes are proportioned 10 that which may b:e
aiſpatchedat once or within a ſhert return of time:others tc
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' # 4 diſprſuion 1 Connerſation ( ſuſpoſing it in things
which doe inns ſort tonch or concerne a mans ſeiſe)to rods
aud pleaſe; Anda diſpoſition contrary to Contradict aud
Croſſe; And deſerueth itnotmuch better to be conſfi-
_ dered,T hat there is a diſpoſition, not in conuerſation or
zalke,but in matter of mere ſerious Nattre(and ſuppoſing
it ſtill in things mcerly indifferent ) to take pleaſurein the
goodof another and adiſpoſition comrarywiſe,to take diſtaſt
' atihe good of another,which is that properly,which we
call good Nature,or ill Nature, benignity or Malig-
nity: And therefore I cannot ſufficiently Maruayle ,
chatthis parte of knowledge touching the ſcuerall
Characters of Natures and diſpoſitions ſhould bee
omitted both in Morality and policy,canfidering it is
of ſo great Miniſtery,and ſuppeditation to them both
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prety and apt diuifions of mens Natures according
to the predominances of the Planets; Lowers of Queer
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' of pleaſure, louers of Arts, louers of Change,and lo forth:
A man ſhall find in the wiſeſt ſort of theſe Relations,
which the Italians make touching Conclaves,the Na-
tures of the ſcuerall Cardinalls , handſomlye and
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and yet neuerrheleſie this kind of obſcruations wan.
in wordes, but as not fixed in Enquiry.For the
diſtintion#are found (many of them) but we con-
clude no precepts vpon them, wherein our fauite is
the greater,becauſe both Hiſtory, Poeſye,and daylic
experience are as goodly ficlds where theſe obſer.
uations grow, whereof wee make a few poeſics, to
houldin our hands,but no man bringeth them tothe
confe&ionary,thatReceits mought be inade of them
for vſe of life.

Of much like kinde are thoſe impreſſions of
Nature,which arc impoſed vpon the Mind by the Sex,
by the Age, by the Region, by health, and ſickneſſe , by
beanty and deformity, and the like , which are inhe-
rent,and not externe:and again thoſe which are cau-
ſed by extern fortune:as Soueraygnty, Nobility, obſcure
birth yitches, want, Maziſtracye, prinateneſſe, proſperity,
adverſity, Conſtam fortune, variable fortune, riſing per
ſaltum. per gradus , and the like: And therefore we
ſee,that Plautus maketh it a wonder,to ſee an oulde
man beneficent, Benienitas huins vt adoleſcentali eff :
Saint Pau! concludeth that ſeuerity. of diſcipline
was tobe vſedrothe Cretans, Increpa eos dure, vpon
the diſpofition of their Country Cretenſes ſemper
mendaces, male Beftie, ventres pieri. Saluſt noteth,
that it is vſuall with Kinges to delte Contradic-
roryes,ſed plerunque Regia voluntates , vt vehementes
ſunt, fic mobilerſepeque ipſe (ib; aduerſe . ps w

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© ſerveth how rarely-raiſing of the fortune menderh

the diſpoſition , /o/us Feſpoſtanns ,mutatue in melins,,
Pindarus maketh an obſeruation , that greate and

ſuddaine fortune forthe moſt parte defeateth men

. ut maznam ſelicitatem concoquere non poſſunt : So

the Pſalme ſhewerth it ismore eaſieto keep a meas»
ſure in the. enioying of fortune , thea in the in-
creaſc of fortune . Dinitie ſi aſfiuant, nolite Cer ap-
ponere + Theſe obſeruations and the like , I denye
not, bur are touched a littie by Arifotle as in pat:
ſage in his Rhetoricks , and are handled in ſome
Tcatrered diſcourſes , but they were neuer incor-
porate into Morall Philoſophy, to which they doe
ellentiallye appertayne: as the knowledg of the di-
uerſitye of groundes and Mouldes doth to Apri-
culture, and the knowledge of the diuerſity of Com-
plexions and Conſtitutions doth to the Phiſition;
Except we meane to follow the indiſcretion of Empe
riques,which miniſter the ſame medicines to all pa-
ticnts.

Another Article of this knowledge is theInguirye
touching the affeCtions : for as in Medicining of the
body it is in order firſt to know the diuers Complex-
ions and conſtitutions , ſecondlye the diſeaſes ,
and Jaſtlye the Cures : So in medicining of the
Minde, aftcr knowledge of the diuers Charact-
ers cfmens natures ,it folowethin order to know the
diſeaſcs and infirmites of the mind, which ar no oz
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-puier Eſtates were woont v#to Compare the pco-
plc to the ſea,and the Qratorsto the winds becauſc
astheſcaweuld of itſelte beeaulmand quiet, if the
windes did not mooue and trouble iſo the people
would be peaccable and traQtable it the ſeditious ora
. .tors did not ſetthem in working and agitation-So it
may be fitly ſaid, thatthe mind 11a the nature thereof
would be temperateand ſtayed, ifthe afteftions as
winds, didnot puritinto tumulce and perturbation.
And here againe I find ſtraunge , as before, that A-
_> ſhoulde have. writtens diners volumes of E-
thiques, andneuer handled the affections, which is
theprincipall ſubieQ thereof,and yet in his Retoricks
where they are conſidered but collaterally, & in a c-
cod degree,(as they may be mooned by ſpeech)he findeth

lace for them,and hidleth them well for the quitity

urwheretheir trne place is,he pretermitteth them,
For it is not hisdiſputations about pleaſure and paine
that can ſatiſtic this inquiry, no more then hee that
ſhould generally handle thenature of light can bee
ſaid to handic the nature of Co/ovrs: for pleaſure and
paine are tothe particuler afteions as light is to
particular collours : Better trauailes I ſuppoſe had
the Sroicks taken in this argument, as far as I can ga-
ther by that which wee haue at ſecond hand: But yet
itis like, it was aftertheir manner rather in ſubriltyc
of deftnitions ( whichin aſubieof this natuge are
but curiofities)then in aRtiue and ample deſcriptions
and obſeruations: ſo likewiſeI finde ſome particular

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acoidentes, of Tenderneſſe of Countenance and 0.
there But the poets and wtiters of Hiſtories are
the beſt DoQors of this knowledge, where wemay
finde painted fourth with greatelite, How affections

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writings of an elegant nature touching ſome of the
affetions , as of Auger, of Comperie vyon aduerſe

arekindled andincyted:and how pacified and refrai

ned: and how againe Conteyned from A&, &furder
degree;how o diſcloſe themſelues,howthey work ,

how they varye,how they gather and fortifie, how

they are inwrapped one within another, aud howe
they doe fighte and encounter one with another ,

and other the like particularityes: Amogf the which
this laſt is of ſpecial vſe_in Moral and Ciuile mat
ters: Howe 1layto ettaffcQion againſic affeion,
andto Maſter one by another,even as wee vſetohune

beaſt with beaſte, aud flye byrde with birde, which
otherwiſe Perca Ee WCE CO
m_ which ſoundation is erected that excellent

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vic 0 reminnm and para. whereby Ciuile ſtates

Conlift, im Joys the predominante affeQiongof
feareand e and hope, for the ſuppreſſing and brideling the
reſt, For as in the gohiernemente of ſtates, it is

ſomerimes—neceſfirye to bridle one _fadtion
with another, ſoit is in the gouernmente with-

"Now Come we to thoſe poynts whichare within
eur our owne comand and haue force and operacion
ypon the mind ro affetthe wil & Appetite 8 to alter
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Com 4 02 raiſe, Reproefe, exhnrtatio fame lawes 1
+: ſtndyes: theis as they haue determinate vſc,
in moralirycs,from theſe rhe mind ſuffereth, and of
theſe are ſuchreceipts & Regiments compounded &
deſcribed, as may ſceme torecouer or preſerue the
health and Good eſtate of the mind, as farre as per.
taineth to humane Medycine:of which number wee
will vifie vpon ſom one or two asanexiple ofthe reſt,
becauſeitwere too long to proſecure all;and there.
force wee doc refumeCuſtome and habite to ſpeake
of.

The opinion of Ariftotle ſeemerhto mee anegli-
gentopinion, That ofthoſe' thinges which conſiſt by
nature,nothing can be changed by cuſtome,vſing for
examplec:Thatifa ſtone bee rhrowne ten thouſande

tymes.vp,itwilnot carne to affend,and amd that by,
often ſeeing or heating, weedo?: nor learneto ſecor
_ -hearethe berrer. For rhoughe this principle bee true
inthings wherein nature is Peremprory (the reaſon
whereof we cannot noweſtande todiſcuſlc)yer it is
otherwile m things wherein nature admirterh « ati«
tude-For he moughtſee that a ſtreight gloue wil come
more eaſily on with vſe, andrhata wand will by vſc
bend otherwiſe then it grewe:and that by vſe of the
voice wee ſpeake lowder anditronger , and that
by vic ofentlaring heate or coulde, we endure it the
berter,and the like:which Jaterfort haue a nzecrer re-
ſemblance vnto that ſubic@ of Manners he handleth
then thoſc inſtices which he alledgerh; But omg
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his Concluſion that wertuer audvices conſiſt in hab
he ought {o much the more to haue taught the man-
ner ot ſuperinducing that habite:for there hee ma
precepts of thewile ordering the exerciſes of the
minde , asthere isof ordering the exerciſes of the
body, wherof we wil recite a fewe, |
he firſt ſhal bee, that wee beware wee take nor
athe firſt cither to High a ſtrayne orto weake:for if,
too Highe in adifferet nature you diſcorage, in a con.
fidentnature,you breede an opinion of facility,and ſo
aſloth, and in all natures you breede a furder expec-
tation then can hould out, andſo an inſatisfaRion on
the end,ifto weake of the etherfide ;:you may nor
looke ro performe and ouercome any great take.
Another precept is to pradtiſe all thinges chiefly
at two ſeveral! runes, the one when the mind is beſte.
diſpoſed,the other when it isworſte drſpoſed:that by the
one you may gaine a greattep,by the other you may.
worke ont the knots and Stondes of the mind, and
make the middle times zhemore eaſily and plea»
fant,

Another precept is,that which Ariſtotle mencio,
neth by the way,which is to beare cuer towards the
Contrary extreame of that whcrevnto we are by Na-
etc inclyned:like vnto theRowing againſt the ſtream
ormakirig a wand ſtraightby bynding him Contra-
ry to his natural Crookedneſle,

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' eurall hatred of the minde againſtneceſſity and Con

ſtraint. Many other Axiomes there arc touching the
Managing of Exerciſe and euſtome: which being ſo
Conducted,doth prooue indeed another nature:but
being gouerned by chance,doth c6mGsly prooue but =

an ape of nature,& bringeth forth that which is Jame
and Counterfette.

So ifwee ſhoulde handle beokes and ffudies and
whar influence and operation they haue vpon man.
ners,arc there nordiuers precepts of greate caution
and direction appertaining rhereunto ? did not one
of thefathers in greate indignation call Poeſy vin
Demonum, becauſe it incovalich temptations, pertur-
bations and vaine opinions:Is not the opinion of 4-
riſtotle worthy to be regarded wherein he faith, That
yolig men arenofitte auditors of Moral Philoſophy,
becauſe theyare not ſerled from the boyling heare
oftheiraffetions,nor attempered with Tme and
experience? and doth itnot hereof come that thoſe
excellent books and diſcourſes of the auncien'e
writers,(whereby they hauec perſwaded vnto weriue
moſtefteRually, by repreſenting her in Hate and Ma=
zefiy;and populey opinion; againſt vertue ,in their Pars.
fates Coates, fitt tobe ſcorned and derided,) are of fo
little effe@ rowards honeſty of life, becauſe they are
not red &reuolued bymsE in their marure and fetled
yeares,butconfined almoſtto boyes &beginnzrs'zut
is it not true -alfo, thar muchleſſe, young men are

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_ thatthere areno true Differences of things, bur ac-
_ cording.to vrlity and fortune,as the verſe deſcribes its
. Proſperum et Felix ſcelus Tirtus vecatur : And Againe
WMecrmcempretium feeleris twlit, His diadema:which the
Poets do ſpeak ſatyrically and inindignationon ver-
rues behalte:But books of pollicre doe ſpeake it ſari-
ouſly, and poſitively ,for ſo it pleaſeth Machianell to
fay T hat if Ceſar had bene onerthrowne ,he wonlde hane
beene more odions then ener was Catiline ; as ifthere had
-. beene noedifferencebutin fortune, between 4 wery
fury of tuſt & blond, and the moſt excellet ſpirit(his am:
bicio reſerued) of the werlat Again is there nota Cau-
tion likewiſe to be giuen of the doftrines of Morali-
ties thEſclues (ſome kindes of the) leaſte they make
men too preciſe ,arrogit, incopatible, as Cicero faith
| Of Catoin Marco'Catone.Hec bona que videmits dinina &f
exregia ipſins fcitote efſe propria: quanonnunquam requi-
vimus ea, ſunt omnia,nou anaturaſed aMaziſtraMany
| Other Axiomes & aduiſes there are touching thoſe:
proprieties & effects, which fludies docinfuſe & inſtil
into maners: And folikewiſeis there touchinge the-
vſe of all thoſe other points of Company: fame,lawes
, which we recitedin the beginning in!
the doctrine of Morality.
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ſemerh yermore accurate &elaborate the the reſt 8 -
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fore ofthis praQtiſe is to fixe and cheriſhe the good
howers of the mind and to oblirerate and take fourch
the Euil:The fixing of the good hath bene practiſed
by two meanes,vowes or Conſtant reſolutions, and
obſeruances ,or exerciſes whichare not tobe regar.
ded ſo much in themſclues,as becauſe they keepe the
myad in continual obedience. The oblireratio ofthe
Euill hath ben praQiiſed by two Mcanes,fome kind
of Redemprion -or expiation of that which: is paſt,
and USA RG account de Nous, forthe time
ta come: bur this part, ſeemneth ſacred and religious,
and Iuftly: for all good Morall Philoſophy( as was
faid;)is but an handmaide to Religion.
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which is. of all orhier meanes the moſte compen-
dious aud ſummaryc, and againe, the moſte noble
andettectualto the reducitig ofthe minde vara ver.
rue and g00C 1T »WTINI 11 4 ng anc NITO
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Perhgs may bee. in a reaſonable ſorre within
his Compas to attaine;For if theſerwothingsbe ſup
oled-tlrarz ma ler before him honeſt & Good ends,
and againethart he bee reſolute, Conſtant, and true
vnto them; it will follow that hee ſhall Moulde him-
ſelfe into al vertue at once: and this is indeede like rhe
worke of nature; whereas the other courſe, is like
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* as hee comes to it. Bur contrarywiſe when Nature
makes ; a4 or lining creature, ſhee fourmeth rudi.
ments of all che parts at one time;ſo in obtaining ver
rue by habite, while a man praRtiſeth Temperance, he
doth nor-profit much to fortitude, nor the like; Bur
when he dedicareth & applyeth himſelfe to good end,
loke what vertue focuer the purſute and paſſage to-
wards thoſe ends dothcommend ynto him he is in-
wefted of a precedentdiſpolition to conforme him-
ſelfe thereumto: which ſtate ofmind Areſtortedoth ex.
excellently cxpreſſe himſelf.,that it ought notto bee
called vertnogs,but Diuinc:his words are theſe, !yma.
nitati autent conſentaneum eft, oppanere eam, que 5uprs
bumaritatem eſt, heroica ſine diuinam virtaiem, And'z
little after;N2w1 fere,neque vitiiigneq; virtuseſt Sic neg;
Dei. Sed hix quia? ſtatus altius quidda virtute eft jile alind
quidda avitie. And therfore we may fee what Celfitud
of honor Plinius fecwndas attributeth tro Tratane in his
funerall oration, where hefaid. That men needed to
' 'mmake noe other praters to the Gods, but that theywoulde
Continue as good Lords to themasT rainine hadbeene:as
ifhe had not beeneonelyan Imitation of diuinen2z
'rnre,bura patterncof it.But theſe be heathen &pro-
-phanepaſſages having buta ſhadowe ofthar diuine
ſtate of mind, whichReligien and the holy fairh doth
conduct men vnto z by imprinting vponrheit ſoules
' Charity which is exclletly calledhe bondof Perfer7is:
bicauſe ir coprebEdeth 8&faſtnethal vertues together.
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whichisbuta falſe Imitation of divine /oue. Amur
- melor Sophia, Leuo,«d bumanam vitam that Louc
ecachetha man to Carry himſelfe berrer , then the
Sophift or Precepter which he calleth Zeſt handed, be.
cauſe with all his rulzs &precepti6s he cannot form
.amanſo Dexteriouſly nor with that facility to prize
himſclf 8 gouern himſelf as loue ci do:So certainly if
a mis mind be truly inflamd with charityit doth work
himſodainly into grecerpertectio then al the Doctrin
of motalityecan; Rich but a ſophiſfin com
pariſon of the other .Nay furder as Xenophon oblcr-
ved truely that all other affeRions though they raiſe
che minde,yert they doe it by diſtorting ,and vncom.
lineſle of exraſies or exceſles;burt onely Loue doth
exalt the mind, and neuerthelefle;at the ſame inſtane
doth ſcrtle and woes Soin all other excellen-
cyes though they aduance natureyer they are ſubic&
to Excelle »-.Onely Charity admitteth noe Exceſ/:;
for ſoe we ſee >alpiring to be like God in power , the
Angells tranſgreſſed and fel: Aſcendem , & ero ſimili:
altijſemo: By aipiringe to be like God in knowledge
man tranſgreſied and fell, Eritis ices Dii ſciente; bo-
nur & matani; But by aſpiring t ilitudeof God
io nefleor neyther Man. nor ell cuer
tranſgreſſed or ſhall rranſgreſle, For vntothatim-
itation wee are called , Dzlgite inimicos weitres ,
Beneſacite eis qui odernat vos , & orate pro perſe-
gquentibus &- Calumniantibus v05,v1 ſitis filii patris veſtri
q% in calic eſt , qui ſolem ſuum oriri facit ape
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firſt platfourme ofthe diuine Natureitſelf;the heatheE
Religion ſpeaketh thus,Oprimus Maximus,and the ſa-
cred ſcriptures thus, Myſericoraia eins ſuper omnia oper
fins,

Wherefore I doe conclude this part of Morall
knowledge concerning the Culture and Regiment of the
Hind,wherin if any man conſidering the parts ther-
of, which I'haue enumerated,doe iudge,thatmy la-
bor is bur to Colle intoan Art or Screre,that which
hath bin pretcrmitted by others, as matrerof comon
Scnce,and experience,he tudgeth well: Butas Philecra.
tes ſported with Demoſthenes : you may not maruaile(4
theuians)that Demoſthenes and1 ave differ, for hte drink-
eth water,and 1 drinke wine: and like as wee reade of
an aunciente parable of the two gates of ſleep.

Sunt gemine ſom! porte,quarum altera fertur
Cornea,qua very facili datur exitus vmbric:
Altera Candenti perfettanitens Elephants,
Sed falſa ad calum mittunt inſonnja manes,

So if wee puton ſobriety and attention,we ſhall
finde it aſure Maxime inknowledee : that the more
pleaſaunte Liquor(o/Wine)isthe more vaporous,and
the braver gate of 1#0x7e, ' ſendeth foorthe the falſer

dreames.
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Humane 'P hiloſophye , which tempuath man ſe-
eeate, and as hee conſiſteth of bodye aud ſpirite ;
Wherein wee maye further note, that there

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ariue a flock of them gthen one of them; For in a (locke if
you could ge; but ſm: fewe goe righte,the reſt would follow:
Sointhat reſpect Morall/philoſophie is more ditti-
clic the: Pollicic - Againe , morrall Philoſophye
propoundeth to-ir felfe the: framing' of Internall
goodnefle: Bur ciuile knowledge requireth'onelye
an External! goodneſle : forthar ast9 ſocietye ſuffi
ceth:And therfore it cometh oft to paſle that therebe
Euill Times in good gouernmears: for ſo we findein
che holy ſtory when the kings were good,yer itis ad.
ded.Sed adhuc populns non dixtrat cor Suns ad aomi-
' mum Deumpatrum ſurrum, Againe States as greatEn-
gines mooue {towly,and arenot:ſo foonepur out of
trame:for as in £zypt the ſeauE goodyears ſuſtained
, the ſeauen badde: So gouernments fora time | well

grounded doe beare out errors following, Butthe
reſolution of particuler perſons is more ſodainly ſub
verted,These reſpects doe ſomwhat qualifie the ex-
treame difficulry. of ciuile knowledge,
This knowledge hath three parts according to

the three ſummary Aciss of ſociety, which are,C6-
verſation,Negotiati6 aud Government, For miſee.
keth in ſociery comfort, vic and ProteQion:& theybe
three wiſedGs of diuers natures,which do ofte ſeuer:
wiſedome of the behauiour, wiſedom of Bulineſſe; 8
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hath not oneiy an honour in ic ſelfe, but an influ-
ence allo into bulinefie and gouerniment; The poct
14: Nee wultn defirns verba'tuo» A man maic
deſtroy the force of. his woords\with his counte-
nance:{o may ke.'ot his deeds faieth Creero, reco.n-
mending tahis brother: affability: aud eaſy acceſle,
Nul entereſt-babere oſtium apertum, vultum cliuſunt.

It is nothing wonne to admitte men with an open
coore , and to; receive them with a ſhutre and
referued :countenaunce. > 'So;wee fee _d1tica,be-
fore the firſt interuiewe betweene Calar and CIC +
r9,-the warre: depending, did ſcriouflye -aduiſe Ci-
cerg touching the compoſing an orderinge of his
countenaunce and geſture ,- A:1dit the; gouerne-
- mentc 'of the countenaunce'bee- of ſuch cffee ,
much moreis-that of the ſpeeche, and ather car-
rage appertayning to conuerſation; the true mo»
dele whereot ſeemeth - to mee well.expreſfed by Lr-
«ze, though not -meante for this. purpoſe 5 1Ne aus
41Y00ans Videar aut cOpoxt |
neltbertatic obliti, alierum ſux: The ſumme of beha-
uidure # to retayne 4 mars owne dignitye , withcut in-
Ireding pon the lebertye of others 2 on the other fide,
if behauioure and outwarde carriage bee intended
coo much, firſt it may paſſe into affeQion, and then

d_deformius quam Scanam in wvitam transferre, to

acte amans lite ?Butalchough it proceede, nor to

that extreame, yet it conſumeth time, and kmploy-
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- ve'to aduife younge ſtudentes from company 'kees

ping,by ſaying, Amici, fures T erpporss : So certainely

_ the Intending- of the diſcretion of behauioure 'is a

great T heefe of Mediration- oaine, ſuch as are ac*

complithed in that howr of vrbanity, pleafe theme

ſelues in name, and fildome aſpire to highervertue:
whereas thoſe that haue defeQ in iIt,' do ſecke Com.
lies by Reputation: for where reputacion is, almoſt
euery thing becommeth : But where that is nor, ir
muſt be ſupplied by Paztor and Complementes: A.
gayne, there is no greaterimpediment of AQion,
then an oucrcurious obſeruaunce of decency, and
the guide of ' decencye, which is Tyme and ſeaſon,

For as' Salomon ſayerth, ut reſpicit ad ventos ,' non
| ſeminat,ey qui reſpicit ad nubes , now metet: A man

muſt make his opportunity, as ofte as finde it. To

conclude; Behauiour ſeemerth to me as a Garment

of the Minde.,” andto haue'the Condicions of. a
Garmente , For it ovght to bee made in ſaſhi-

on : it ought not. to bee too curious : It ought
ro bee ſhaped fo , as to ſette foorthe anye good
making of the minde: and hide any deformity; and
aboue ail, it ought not to be too ſtraighte, orre»
ſtrayned for excrciſe or mocion.. But this parte of
Ciuile knowledge hath -bceene: elegantlye: hand» f- *
led, and 'thereforeE cannot reporte it for-deficiy
ent'. 13 Y Fic

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bath not bin hitherto. colle&ed into ity to the
a great derogacion of learning, and the profeſſors af
aminge,For from: this\roote ſpringeth | chicfly
thatnoteor opinion which by vs is expreſſed in A.
dage;tothis effeQe: That-there is noe greate con-
curience berweene learning 'YVi e;For of
chethree wiſcdomes which wee hauc -ſetre downe
to-pertaine to ciuil life, for wiſedome of Be hauiour,
it is by learned men forthe moſte; parte. deſpiſed, as
an Inferiourto Vertue and and: an Enemy to Medi-
racionzfor wiſedome of: Gouernmente they: acquite
hemſelues well when they: arecalledto it, bur, that
appenethto fewe.” Bur for the wiſedome of Bulti-
nefle wherein mans life is-moſte ; conuerſant, there
bee noe Baokes of it, excepteſomefewe ſcattered
aduertiſementes., that-hauenoe. proportion to the
magnitude of this ſubiee.For if = kes were writ.
ren of this,as the other, I doubtnor but learned men
with meane experience, woulde fayre excell men of
Jonge experience withoure: leaming, and: out-
ſhoote them in their owne bowe . |
| Neither necdeth. itart all to be doubted,that
this knowlddge ſhoulde bee sv variable as it fallet}
not vnder preceptzfor it is much - lefle infinite then
ſcience of Gouernmente, which wee ſee 1s laboured

andin ſomeparte reduced,Ofthis wiſedome ir ſec:
meth ſome of the auncient Romanes inthe ſaddeſt
and wiſcſt times were profeſſors: for Cicero repor-
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at certaine howers inthe P/are,and to giue audience
to thoſe that would vie their aduiſe ,and thatthe par-
ticuler Citizens would: reſort-vnto them, and 'cons+
ſulte wit) them of* cFe marriage of adaughter, or of
the imploying of a ſonne,or ofa purchaſe or bar.
gaine,or of an accuſatio and euery other o:caſion in.

cident to 'mians life ſo as there isa wiſedome of.

Counſaile and aduiſc eyen gn © private Cauſes:
ariſinge out of an vnigerſall inſight into the affayrs of
the world, which is vſed indeede vpon particuler
caſes propori.!ed, but is gathered by generall obſer,
uation ofcauſes of like nature»Forfo wee ſee in the
Booke. which Cicero writethto his brother De pe-
titione con/u!tatus,( = = onely booke of buſineſſe
that I know written by the auncients Jalthough it co.
cerned a particuler ation then on'foore,yet the ſub.
ſtance tkereof confiſteth ofmanie wiſe and polli.

rique Axioms which containe nora temporary; but
a perperuall dire&tion in thecaſe of popular EleCi-
ons; evt chiefly wee may ſee in thoſe Aphotiſmes

which haue: place amongeſt Divine writings com-

poſed by Salomon the King,af whom the ſcriptures.
reſtifierhatihis hearre was.2s:the ſandes of rhe ſea,in-

compathog the world'and all» worldly 'matrers' we
{cel ſaic, nota tew profoumd and excellent cauti*
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man beginne too highe a pitche in his fauoures, ir
» 1 ORIOGA endin mnkindaeſle, and vnthank-

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” adleſcenteſecunds quiconſurgit pro eo, Here is Expre-
fled that which was noted by Sylla firſt,and after hina
by T iberins, P lures adorant folem orientem,quam occider.
lem vel meridianum, | | md

Si ſpiritus poteſlaflews habentis aſcenderit snper te ,
locum tunm ne dimiſeris , quia Curdiio faciet ceſſare
peccata maxima Here caution is giuen that vpon
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foorhs : We citeeme not vertue or merite longer then

they hauevicofit. | |
AMollu reſponſio frangit iram Here is noted that (i-
lenceorrough Anſweare ,exaſperateth: but an ans
{wear preſent and temperate pacifieth, .

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Dui cogmeſert in indicio faciem , non bene facit
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ecd that a _ were better be a briber , then arel-
peQer of perſons :for a corrupt Iudge offenderh nor
{o lightly as afacile+

Vir pauper' calumnians pawperes,ſimilis eſt imbrive-
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moughte preſume or bee bo'de vpon them ,it Cor
contrariwile indeede aggrauate their fault,& turneth
it from Igiury to impiery,

' Nohieſſe amitns homini iracunds , nec ambalato
cum bomine furioſo ; here caution is giuen thar
in the eleQion of our friends wee doe principalliy
avoide thoſe which arc impatiente, as thoſe that
will eſpouſe vs to" many faftions and qua:

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Qui conturbat domum ſum poſſidebit ventum

Fere is noted that in domeſticall ſeparations & brea-

ches men do2 promiſe tothemſelues | quietting of

theire minde and contentemente, but ſtill they arc
deceived of theire expeRation, and it turneth to
winde,

Pllius 1ajiens let:ficat patrem filius vero ſtultus meſti-
ci4 eſt mairi ſuee, Here 1s diſtinguiſhed that fathers

haue moſte comforre of the good proole of.

of their ſonnes z3but mothers haue moſte diſcomfort
ofthcir ill proofe becauſe women hauclittle diſcer-
ninge of vertue burof fortune,

Lui celat delitum querit amicitiam,ſed qui alteroſer= .

one reperit ,ſeperat federator;, here caution is given
that reconcilemente is better managed by an A»:-
ze#y and paſſing ouer that which is paſt, then by A-
pologies and excuſations,

In omni opere bino erit abundautia ,ubi autem verba
ſunt plurima, ibi frequenter egeſtas :here is noted that
words and diſcourſe aboundeth moſte, where there is
idleneſlſe and want, -

Prim: in ſua cauſa inſtus,ſed venit altera pars, &+ in
_ in eam,Heare is obſerued thatin all cauſes the

rſtrale poſſeſieth much,in forte ,that Re
thereby wrought wil bee hardly remoouecd, ex cepte
ſome abuſe or falfirie in the Information be: derec-
red, | |

Yerba blinguis quaſi ſump licia & ipſa perutniunt ad
mterwrs ventrs; there is diſtinguifhed that flatterye
and infinuation which ſeemeth ſer and artificial,

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keth not facre;but that entreth de:pe, which hath
ſhewe of nature,};bertic,and ſimplicity,

Ln erudit derifo rem Ffpse t bt miwian fact F o&
qu arguit Impinm fibi maculam geri', Here caution
is given howe wee render reprehenſton to atro-
gante and fcornefull natures, whoſe mannzris to
eſteeme it for' confumely,an { accordingly ro re-
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© Da ſadiemti \ orcaſionem '& addetur ei ſapientia,
Here is diſtinguiſhed the wiſedome» broughte into
habite ,arid that which is buc verball and ſ(wimning
onely in co::ceite: for the one vpon the occattone
preſented is quickned and redoubled:the orher is a-
mazed and confuſed.

Quo mod in aquis reſplensent ouitus proſpcien-
tium , ſi: corda hyminum manifeſtgsunt prudentibas ,
Here the mind of a wiſe man is compared to a glalle,
wherein the Images of all} diuerſitic of Natmes
& Cuſtomsarerepreſcted, fro which repreſentatis
proceedeth that application. © 1 >
Qui sapit innumert moribus apins erit,

Thus haue I ſtaide ſome what longer vpon
theſe ſentences pollitique of Salomon,then is ag c>
able tothe proportion of an example :ledde with
a deire to'giueauthority to" this parte of knowe-
ledge,which I noted as deficiznce by fo excel-
lente a pr-ſideate: :and hanealio actended them
with briete, o>ſcruations ,-\{u:has to my-vnder-
ſtandinge, offer no2 violen:eto the ſence, though
I knowetheymay bee app!ycd ro a:;nore divine _

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But it is allowed euen in divinity, that ſome
Interpretations,yea 2nd ſome writivgs haue more of
the Eag/e,then others: But rakinge them as !nſtruRi-
ons for life, they moughte nauz receined large dil:
courſe,ifI woulde Is, them and 1lluſtrated
them by diducements and examples, _

Neither was th& in viſe only with the hebrews,Zur it

1s generally to be found in the wiſdome of the more
auncient Times: that as mcn founde our any obſer.
uatio that they thought was goo1 for life, they would

gather it andexprele 'ixin parable.or 4phoriſme,

or fable,But for fables they were vicegerents & ſup-

plies ,where Examples failed: Nowe thatthe times |
abounde with hiſtorie, the Ayme is better when
the marke is aliuc. And therefore the fotirme of wri-.

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mente of Negotiatio: and occaſton$ is that which
Machijane! choſe wifely and aptly for Gouernmente:

namely diſcourſe pon _Hiſtories:ox _ Examples , For
knoweledge drawne freſhly and in our view out of
particulers, knoweth the waie beſt to particulers a-
gaine. And ithath much greaterlife for practiſe:
when the diſcourfe atrendeth vpon the Exam-

le,then- when the example attendderth vpon the
diſcourſe .For this is no pointe of order ag it
ſeemeth at ficſte but of ſubſtance,For when
the Example isthe groiunde being fer downe
in an hiſtory atlarge,it is ſer down withal citcumſt3.
ces: which manye ſometimes cou.troul the diſconrſe
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But this difference is not amiſle to bee remem-
bred,that as hiſtorye of Tymes is the beſt grounde
for diſcourſe of Gouernemente,ſuch as *Machyaue!
handleth z ſoHiltories of- Liues is the moſte_pro-
per for diſcourſe ofbulinelle : is more con.
verlante in priuate Afions. Nay, there is a ground

ofdilcourle for this purpoſe ,fitter then them both
which is Wcourſe won letters, ſuch as aic
wiſe and weightie ,as manic are of Cicero ad Atticum
and others ,For letters haue a greate and more par-
iculer repreſentation of bulinefſe, then either
Chronicles or Lives , Thus haue wee ſpoken both
ofthe marter.and fournie of this parte of Ciuile
knowledge touching Negotiation, which wee notc
to be deficient «
But yet therc is another part ofthis part, which diffe.
reth 2s much fro that wherofwe hauc ſpok& as ſapere,
& jovi Sapere:the one moouing ag it were to the circi
ference ,the other to the center:for there is awilc-
dome of counfell, and againe there is a wiſe-
dome of preſſiſng a mans owne fortune ;
and they.doc ſometimes meer ,andoften ſeuere,For
many are wiſe ig their owne ways,thatare weak for
goucrn;

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* gouernmente or Counſell, like Ants which is a wiſe
© creature for it ſelf. or the gar-
len- This ' wiſecome the Romanes did take
- much knoweledge of, Nam pol ſaprent ( ſaith the
Comicall Poet ) Fingit fortunam ſibi, and ir
grewe tO an adage, Faber quiſque fortune profrie:
and Live attribu-eth it to Cato the firſt , In hoc
Uno lanta vs animity ingeny inerat,ut quocungue Loco
natuus eſſet tbh ipſe ſortunam ſatturus videre tur,

| his conceit or poſition if it bee too much
declared and profeſſed , hath beene thoughte a
thinge impolitique and vnlucky,as was obſerued
in 7 -otheu; the Athenian : who hauinge. done
mane greate ſcruices to the Eſtate in his gouernmeEt
and giuinge an accounte thereof to ; people
as the manner was, did conclude euery particulcr
with this Clauſe, And inthis fortune had noe part
And it cameſo to paſſethat hee acuer pr oſpered
in any thinge hee tooke in hande afterwarde:; for this
is to0 high and too arrogant favouring of that which
Ezechielſaith of Pharaob: Dicis: flunines et meus & £20
feci memet ipſum : or of that which another prophetce
ſpeaketh: That men offer Sacrifices totheire nertes
and ſnaxes, and that-which the Poectt cxpre=,
fleth,, Dex1ra mihi Dems , & relum quod inwtile libro,

Nunc adſunte :

For theſe confidetices were _cuer_vohbal.

loweg , and vnbleſſed-And therefore those. that
were great. Pollitiques indcede cuer afcribedtheir
fucecclles to their felicitic : and not ts theire skill or

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Ceſ, arem portas & fortunam ems,

But yet neuertheleſſe theſe Poſitions Faber qui{q,
I fortune ſue, ſapiens dominabitur aſiris: Inuia virtuit
4 mullaeft via,andthe like,being rake and vicd as ſpurs
© ro /nduſtry,and not as ſtiropso _infolency rather for

reſo!ution then for the preſumption or outwarde de-
claration , haue beene ever choughte ſounde and
good,and areno queſtion MINING in the greateſt
mindes:who are ſo {cnſible of this opinion , as they
cau ſcarce containe it within. As weſee in Avgniius FF
Ceſar) who was rather diverſe from his vncle,then,
inferiour in vertue)how when he died, he deſiered his
friends aboutehim to give hima Plaudite: as if hee
were conſciente to himſelfe that he hadplayed his
parte wel ypon the ſtage «This parte of knowledge
we Coe reporte alſoas deficient: not but that iris
praQtiſed too much,burir hath notbeene reducedto
writinge , And therefore leaſt it ſhoulde ſemero any
that it is not comprehenſible by Axiome, Itis requi-
Faber up 3 J
ſite as wee did in the former,that wee ſer down ſome
Fortu- heads or paſſages of it,
24 #148 Wherein it maye appeare atthe firſt a newe
de Am#nd vawoonted Argumenteto teach men how to
Lity | Faiſeand make theire fortune a dodrine wherein
| eucry man perchance will bee ready to yeeld him-
Vie. ſelfe a diſciple til he ſeethe difficulcyzfor fortune la-

3 eth as heauy impolitions as verinue, and itis as
Large and ievere 2 tninge to bee a true P alli

#1que

3 »J | CO ”— " Dont 6. Ad TE, FY -y "IM A OO CAC IN
— as to be truelye moral. But the handlinge
ereof,concerneth learningegreatly, both in honour,

' andin ſubſtance - Imhonour, becauſe pragmaticall
men may not goe away with an opinion that lcar-
ning is like a Latke thatcan mount, and finge, and
pleaſe her felfe, and-nothing. ee; but may knowe
that ſhe houldeth'as well __ hauke that can ſoare
aloft, and can alſo deſcend' and ſtrike vponthe pray..
In ſubſtance;becauſle itis the perfite lawe of enqui-
ry.of trueth-, That nothing bee in theglobe of matter,
which ſhould not be likewiſe m the globe of Cryſtall, oy.
_ Feurme, that is,that there be'uotany thing in being &
action,which ſhonld not bee drawne and collected
mto contemplation and doctrine:Neyrther doth lear-
ning adore or eſteemme- of this Architecture of for-
tyne,otherwiſe, ther as of an inferiour worke;Forno
mans fortune can' be an-end, woorthy of his: being,
and many times the woorthicſt men doe abandon
theyr fortune willingly for better reſpeQs: butneuer-
theleſle fortune'as an- organ of vertue and merit de-
ſerueth the conſideration.

Firſt therefore the precept whichI conceiueto A
bee moſt ſummary, towardes the preuaylingin for. '" 12pm prone
tune; is to obtaine that windowe which C/omns 2 — eas -
did require, who ſceiug in the frame of mans hearr,
ſuch Angles and os ſounde fault there was
not a windowe to looke into them : thatis, to pron
cure good informacions o_ ulars touching per.
ſons heir Natures, theirdetires & ends, their cuſtoms
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and faſhions,theyr helpes and aduantages,and wher-
by they cheeſly ſtand; ſo againe their weakneſſes and
diſaduantages,and where they lye moſt open and ob=
noxious,their RS un dependaunces: and
ine theyr oppolites,cnuiors, competitors, theyr
s.. 7 me 0.4 pars viri molles adytus £7 tepora md
theyr principles,rules ,and obſeruacions:and the like;
And this not onely of perſons,but of ations : what
are on foote from time totiume:and how they are con
duQed,fauoured,oppoſed; and how they importe:
and thelike ; For the knowledge of preſent At-
ons,is nor onely marteriall in itſelfe, but without ir
alſo,the knowledge of perſons is very erronious: for
men chaunge with the ations; and whiles they are
in purſuite, they -are one , aud when retourne
to theyr Nature, they are another . 'TheſeInfot-
mations of particulars, touching perſons and aQi,
ons,are as the minoy propoſitions in euery aCiue ſyl
logilme,for no- excellencye of obſervacions (which
are as the major propolitions)can ſuffice ro ground a
concluſion,if there beerrorand miſtaking in the mi-

-nors.

- That this knowledge is poſlible , Salomon is our

FEY p ſurety who ſayeth. Conſiliuns in corde viri tanquam 4”

' qua proſunda , ſed vir pradens exhanyiet :illud : And
although the knowiedge it felte falleth not vn-
der precept,becauſc it is of Individuals , yer the In-

{tuctions for the obraining of ir may.
We will beginne therefore with this. precepr, ac-
cording to the aunciente opinion, that the Synewes
- of

of wiſedome, 'are {lowneſle of belcefe, and diſtruſt :
Thar more truſt bee giuen ro Countenances and

© Deedesthen to. wordes : andin worces, rather to

ſuddaine paſſages , and ſurpriſed wordes : then to
ſer znd purpoſed worces: Neither lctthart be feared
which is ſayde,/ronti nulla fides, which is meant of a
generall outward behauiour,and nor of the priuare
and ſubtile mocions and labours of the countenance
and geſture,which as 2. Cicero elegantly _—_ A+
1m lanuaythe gate of the Mynd:None more cloſe then
Tyberius,and yet Tacitng = of Gallus, Etenim vul-
7% offer ſuonem conieftanerat, So againe noting the dif-
fcring Character and manner of his commending
Germanicus and Druſus in the Senate: he fayeth, tous
ching his faſhion wherein hee carried his ſpeeche
of Germnnicus,thus :_A1ags in fpeciem adornatis wer-
by, quam wifenitus entire crederetur , but of Druſus
thus, Pauciontbrs ſed imentior, & fila oratione : and
in another place evaing of his charaQter of ſpecch,
when he did any thing at was gratious and popu-
ler,he ſayeth, That in other thinges hee was velut
lucttantuum verborum:but then againe , Solwutins loque-
batur quando ſubaenirer.Sothat there isno ſuch arti-
ficer of diffimnlation : nor noe ſuch commaunded
countenaunce(vlus iſſus).that can ſeucr from a fai-
ned tale,ſome of theſe faſhions, cither a moreſleight
and careleſfle faihion,or morc ſet & {ormall, or more
tedious and wandring. or comming from,a mi more

drily and hardly. |
Neither are Ocedcs ſuch affured pledges,as that
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they may be truſted without aiudicious coſideracis of
their magnitude and nature; Fram (1b1 in 'paruis fidem
preſiruit,ut maiore emolumento- faliat : and the Italian
thinketh himſelfe vpon the point to be bought and
ſould : when he is better yvſed then he was woont to
be without manifeſt cauſe. For ſmall fauoures,they
doc but lull mena fleepe,bothas to Cawtion, and as'to
Induſiry,and areas Demoſthenes calleth them, Alimer-
74 ſocordie.Soagaine we ſee, how falſe the nature of
ſome ated are in that particular , which cMntians
practiſed ypon Antonin Primm, vpon that hollowe
and vnfaithtull reconcilement; which was made be*
eween them:whereupon Matrarme aduanced many of
the friends of Antonius:Simul amicis eius prefeituras &
iribunatus lirgitur:wherein:vnderpretence to ſireng-
then him,he did deſolate him, and won from him his:
dependances. |
As for words (though they belike waters to Phiſi-
tions,ful of flattery and vncertainty) yet they are nor
to be diſpiſed, ſpecially withthe aduantage of paſſi-
on and affection . For ſo wee ſee Tyberins vpon a
ſtingiag and incenling ſpeech of Agrippinz, came a
ſep foorth of his diſſimulacion when he ſayd, Yor are
burt hecauſe you doe not rajgne: of which Tacitus fayeth,
Audita hec , raram occulti pettoris vocem elicuere :
correptamque Graco: verſu admonutit : ideo ledi quia
yon regnaret. And therefore. the Poet doth elegantly
"4 paſſions,tottures, thatvrge men to confefſſe theyr
Ccrets. | |

Vino tort! Crirds

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And experience ſheweth, there are few men fo true
to themſclues ,. and ſo ſfetled; but that ſometimes
vpon heate, ſometimes ,vpon braucrye,ſometime:
vpen kindeneſle, ſometimes vpon trouble of 'minde
and weakncfle,they open themſelues;ſpecially if they
be putto itwith a counter-diſlumulatis,according to
the prouerb of Spain,Di mentira,y ſacaras werdad:T ell
a lhe,and find a truths |
As forthe knowing of men, which is at ſecond
hand ftromReportes : mens weakeneſle and faulces
are beſtknowne from theyr Enemies, theyr vcr-
tues, and abilityes from theyr friendes ; theyr cu-
ſtomes aud Times from theyr ſeruauntes: their con.
ceites and opinions from theyr familiar friends,with
whom they diſcaurſe moſt:Generall fame is light,8
the opinions conceiued by ſuperiors or equals are dc«
ceitful:for to ſuchmen are more maſked, er7or {ama d
domeitics emanat. \
But the ſoundeſt . diſcloſing .and expounding
of men.is , byrheyr - natures and cndes, ,, where-
in the weakeſt ſorte of men are belt interprered by
theyr Natures , and the wiſeſt by theyr endes, For
it was both pleaſauntlye. and wiſelye layde(though
I thinke verye vatruely,) by aNuntio of the.popc,,
returning from a certayne Nation ,. wihcre.hcee'
ſerued as LIDGER ; whoſe opinion beeing alked
touching the appointemente of 93c to goe in his
place, hee wiſhed that. in anye..cale they did nor
{end one that was too. wiſe. becauſe inp very wiſe

man would cucr imagine,what they inthatcountry
; WCere

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wete like to doe': And certaynelye, it is an er.
rour frequent,for men to ſhoot oucr,andto ſuppoſe
deeper cnds,and more compaſſe reaches then are :

the Iralian prouetb being elegant,8& forthe molt part

Iuce |
Di danari,di ſenno,e di fede,

| C'n © manco che non creat:
There is commonly lefſe mony.leſſe wiſedome , and
lefſe good fairth,then men doe accompr vpon:
Bor Princes vpon afarre other Reaſon are beſt inter=-
pretcd by their natures, and priuate perſons by theyr
ends,For Princes beeing at the toppe of humane de=
fires,they haue forthe moſt part no particular endes,
whereto they aſpire: by diſtaunce from which aman
mought take meaſure andſcale of the reſt of theyr
ations and defires , which isone of the cauſes that
maketh theyr heartes more inſcruftable: Neyther is |
it ſafficient to infourme onr ſelues in mens endes
andnatures of the variety of them onely,bur alſo of
the predominancy what humour reigneth moſt,and
what endis principally ſought-For ſo wee ſee, when
T igellinus lawe himſclfe — ped by Petrowins
Twrpilianw; in Netoes humours of pleaſures ©Metus
ein riniewr he wrought vpon Neroes fears, wherbyhe
brake the others neck,

Bur to all this parte of Enquicrie, the moſtcom..
pendious way reſteth in three thinges : The firſt to

haue acquaintaunce and inwardnefle with
Joke wi ch haue penerall atquaintance, and Jooke
moſt into the worlde : and fpeciallve according to

. the

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* "the diuerſitic of Bufineſle, and the diverſitye of Per-
ſons, to hauepriuacye and conuerſation with ſome
one friendatleaſt which is parfite and well intelli.
_ genced in euery ſeuerall kinde, The ſeconde is to
keepe a good mediocritye in libertic of Tpeeche, and
ſecrecyan moſt thingeslibertye:ſecrecy where jtim-
poreeth: torliberrye of ſpecche inuitech and prouo-
eth libertye to bee vied _againe ; and fo bringeth
much toa mans knowledge:and ſecrecie on the 9-

ther {1de inducerh truſt and inwardneſle , The laſt is

the reducing of a mans ſelfe to this watchfull and

ſerene habite,asto make accompre and purpoſe in e-
Ucryec conference and action, alwell to obſerue as to
aQte.For as Epidtetus would have aPhiloſopher in cue:
ry particular ation to ſay to himſelfe, Et hoc volo, &+
eliam inſtiuutum ſeruare :{0 a politique man in euerye
thing ſhould ſay to himſelf; Er hoc wolo, ac etiam aliquid
adaifcere,l haue ſtaied the longer vpon thir precept of

_ obtaining good information, becauſe it is a maine
patt by it lelfe. , which aunſwereth to all the reſt,
But aboue al rhings,Caution muſt be taken,that Men
haue a good ſtaye and houldeof themſclues, and that
this much knowing doenotdraw on much ring:
For nothing is more. ynfortunare then light and ra
intermeddling in many matters:So that this varietyat
knowledge tendeth in concluſion but onelyto this.to

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make aberrer & [recs choile of hole aQions, which.
may concern vs,& to condutthem. with the leſle cr-

ror andthe more dexterity,
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for men to take good informacion touching theyre
own perſon and well 'to vnderſtand themſelues:know,
ing thatas S+ James ſayth , though men looke oft in
a glaſſe,yerttheydo ſodainly forget themſelues, wher.-
in as the djuine glafſc is the wordof God, ſo the po-
litique glafte is rhe ſtate ofthe world, or times whers-
in we liven the which we are to bchould our ſclues,
For men ought to'take an vnpartiall viewe of their
owneabilities and vertues;and againe'of their wants
andimpedimentsaccounting theſs wich the moſt, &
thoſeother with the leaft, and from this yiew andexa-
mination ts frame the conſiderations following.
Eirſt to conſider how the conſtitution of their nature
ſorreth with the generall ſtate of the-times : which if
thoy find agreeable and ſte; thewinallchingsto giue
themſelues moreſcopeand liberry;burif &ffering and
diſſonant,then-in the whole courſe of theyrlife to be
morecloſe retyred and reſerted;as we'ſee in Tyberius
who was nevict ſeeivat aplays and came nor into the
Setiate in 2:2:6f his laſt yeers: whereas |ſuzaſtus Ceſar
livedeuer in mens eyes, which Tacitus obſerueth ,
Alia Tiberio morum vis,
Secondly to conſider how their Narure ſorteth with
profeſhons and courſes of life;8&2accordingly ro make
ele&iomif they be free;and if ingaged,tomakethe de
arture at the firſt opportunity: as we fee was doone
y Duke Yalentire, that was deſigned by his father to
aſacerdotal: profeſſion,burquitrredir ſoon after in re-
ard ofthis parts and inclinationbeingſuchneuerthe.
cfle,as a mancannotrel welwhezther they were worſe
for

for aPrinceor for a Prieſt,
Thirdly ro conſider how they forte with thoſe

whom they are like to haue Competitors and Cons
currents and to take that courſe wherin there is moſt
| ſolitude,and themſelues like w be moſt eminent : as
Ceſar Tul:us did,who atfirſt was an Orator or Pleader
bur when he ſaw the excellency of Cicero, Horteuſe::
24,Carnlur,and others for eloquence, and ſawe there
was no man of reputation for the warres but Pompeius
on whom the Cre was forced to relic ; he for.
ooke his courſe begun toward aciuile and popular
reatneſſe;'and tranſgreſicd his deſignes to a mar:
all greatneſle, |
Fourthly in the choyſe of their friends, and de.
ndaunces,to procceed according to theCompo=
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whoſe friends and followers were menaQiue andef;
fecuall,bur not ſolemn or of reputation. |
Fiftly to take ſpeciallheed hoy they guide chem:
ſclues by examples;in thinking they can doe as they
ſce others doe ;whereas perhappes their natures and
carriages are farre differing; in which Error, it ſee-
meth Pompey. was,of whome Cicero ſayeth, thar hee
was woont often to faye : Syllapotuit; Ego non potere?
wherein he was much abuſed,the natures and pro”
ceedinges of himſelfe and his example , beeing
the vnlikeſt in the worlde, the one being hierce,vi-
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Butthis preceprtouching the politicke knowledge of
our felnes hath many ate branches whereupon we

Next to the wellvnderſtanding and diſcerning of

vſualfthen for the more able man to make the leſſe
ſhewe. For thercis a greate aduantage in the well
ſetting foorthe of a mans vertues , fortunes, me-
rites, ard againe inthe artificiall covering of a mans
weakeneſſes,detees,drferaces 7 bite the one
ſlyding from the other, cherithing the one by cir:
camſtaunces, "Ione the other by expoſition, and
thelite; wherein wefec what Tactu ſayth of He
tian , who was the greatofÞ politique of his time,
Ommium que dixetat ferer irquearie quadans ofertater -
which requirerh-indeedſomie arte, leaſt ie turne tedi.
ous and arrogant,but yet fo;as oftentation(chough
it be to thefirit degree of vanity) feemeth to me ra-
thera vicein Manners, then in Policyes for as iris
ſayd, AndatFer calummiari, ſemper aliquid heret , So ex-
ceptit be in a ridicutous degree of deformity Am
dacrey te venditaſemper aliquid beret« Fort will ſticke
with the more ignoraimtand inferionr fort of men,
thoneh men of wiſedome' and ranke doe ſmile at
itanddeſpifeit , and yet' the anthority wonne with
many,doth cquntervaik; chic Efdaine of a few; But
ifit be carried with decency and goutrnemient, as

_ witha naturalf pleafaunrt andingenious faſhion, or

attimes when it is mixte with ſome perilt and vn-
* {afetv

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taxing a mans ſelfe, afwellas gracing himſelfe , or

by occaſion of repelling or putting downe others

iniurye or inſolencie ;: -It doth greately addeto re.
| Puration; and ſurelye not. a fewe ſolide natures,
chat wante this. vemolitye, and cannot ſaile inthe
heighth of the windes , are not without ſome
preiudice and difaduantage by theyre modera-
Cion« yi, |

But for theſe flouriſhes and inhanſements of ver-
rue,as they are not perchauncevnaneceſlary : So it
is at. leaſte, neceſſary that. vertte/be'not difualewed
and imbafed vnder the iuſt price :.. which is Yoon
in three manners;By offering and obtruding a mans
ſclfe, wherein men thinke heis rewarded when he
Is accepted, By doing too . muchgwhich wil not giue
that which is well done leaue to ſettle, and inthe end
induceth ſacicty:and:By finding to ſoone the fruit of
a mans vertue,in commendation, applauſe, honour,
fauoure,whercinif aman be pleaſed with alittle, ler
him heare what is truly faid Cave ne inſuetus rebus ma-
zoribus videaris, ſo has te res parua ſicuti magna delec-
zat

But the couering of defeRs is of no lefle impor-
rance,then rhe valewing of good parts: which gay
be doone likewiſe in three manners, by Cantion, by
Colerand by Confidence, Cogies is, when men doe

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thers are moſt enuied; or with caſic and carcleſſe.
paſſage toir androm.it, without dwelling too long,
or being too ſerious: or with an equal! ireedome of

celare v1 ha &
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thoſe things for which theyare not propper:wher.-
as contrarywiſebould and vaquiet ſpirits will thruſt
themſelues into matters without diffterence,and fo
publiſh and proclaime all their wantes; Coloure is
when men make a way for themſeclues, ro haue a
conftruftion made of their faultes or wantes: : as
cedinge from a better cauſe, or intended for
e other purpoſe : for of the one, it is well
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Andtherefore whatſocuer want a man hath, he muſt
ſee, that he pretend the vertye_that ſhadoweth ic,

asif hebe'Dull,he muſt affe& Gras; warde,
aiaent(ſe, and fothe reſt : for the ſecond, - a man
muſfframe ſome: probable caufe why he ſhould nor

doe his beſt,and why' he ſhould diſſemble his abi-
lities : and for me 0 Gon muſt vſe to difſemble
thoſe abilities, which are notorious in him to giue
colour 'thathistrize wants ate but induſtries and gif
Gmutations + for Confidence it is the laſt butthe ſus
reſtremedie - namely ro deprefſe and ſceme to deſ-
piſewhatſoeuer aman cannotartaine, obſcruing the
good principle of theMatrchantes; who endeuour
toraiſe the price of their owne commodities, and to
beate down the price of others. But rhere is a confi-

dence that paſſechthis other : which-is to face out a

wans own defes: in ſeemitig to conceiuerhathe is
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is beſt: like as we ſhall ſee it commonly in Poets,
that if they ſhew'their vesſes,and you except to! any,
they will fay,7hat 1hat lynecoit them more labour then
anyof the reſt : and preſently will ſeeme. to diſable,
and ſuſpec&rather: ſome other lyne, whichthey know
wellcnough tobexthe beſtin the number: Butabouc
atin'this righting arid helping of-a.mans ſclfe in his
ewne carriage,he-mulſt;rake heſhew not him-
' ſelfe diſmantelled and expoſed to ſcorne and iniu-
Ty;by 200 much dulceneſle,, gapdneſle, and, facility
of nature,but ſhew ſomeſparkles. of liberty, , ;ſpirir;
and edge. Which kind of fortified cariage with a

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ſomtimes ofnecefſity impoſed ypon menby lomwha!
intheir-perſon or forruneyburitoucs ſucecoderthiwyich
goodiflicity;. . 1 5 on99 6b02 Hoftzg ano:

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eque idem decebat; Men ate where thty . were, when

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occa(ions:turne,, and therefore to Cato, whom. Live
-maketh-ſuckan ArchiteQ of. fortune, hee-;adderh
that> he had 'Yer{attle Ingenium + And thereot-, it
commeth ehac theſe graue ſolemne wittes which
muſt be like themſeJucs,and cannot make departures:
haue more-dignity then fcelicity +: But in; ſame it is
nature to bee ſomewhat viſcouſe and app, |

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tatvlie nakediemſchns belecue that'they oughte
to thaungetheir courſe, when they have fork good
by irinformer experience. -:For DUaceiave noteth
1 47 ape <AMaximuswould have becntcm.-

porizing ill, aceordingebHis6bld biaſte, when the

natureof-the wartc was altered;=andrequired: hone

putſuites” In fome other it'is wantof point and pe-
neeron in their iu; dgemenre,thar they donor diſ-

I

eiviy' periode; but/:come in,roo
ene hen ingenoa 4 FYy Demoſthenes compareth
the pe

ople- of hens eo country fellowes , when
they play in' a fence-ſchovle,thatit they haucablow
then'theyremoouetheirweapotii ro that warde, and
not before-r In foe otherHt 55's loathnefle-to lveſc
labours paſſed, and a conceite that they can bring a
þour occaſierisro their plie, andycrintheend, i
hey ſeeno omherremedye, then they comero k with
iiſtdnigegus T arquinins thac gave for the'third
-part of Sybrllaes bookes the rreeble price, when he
' mought at firſt have had all three'for the imple, But
-from\wharſocuer roote of cauſe this Reſtiueneſle of
mindproccedeth, it is aching moſt preiudiciall, and
"nothing is more politique then ro make the wheels of
dit ming concenique andvoluble with the wheel: of

-— "Another preceptofthis knowledge, which hath
ſore af nity with that vvelaſtſpake of, bur with dif-
ference is that which is well expreſſed, faths accede
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ons but alſo runne with:the occafions andnor rain
their credir or ſtrength to ouer-harde or extreame
points :but chooſe in their ations that which is moſt

paſſable : for this will preſerue men from foyle, nor

occupy then $00 much about one matrer; ;winne
opinion of moderatioa' , | pleaſe. the moſte, | and
make a ſhoweof a perperuall fcelicitye in all they
| vndertake , whichcannot but mightely increaſe re-
on, | nu:
Another part of this knowledge ſcemeth to hane
ſomerepugnancy withthe former two, butnot as I
vnderitand it, and it is that which Demoſthenes vite-
reth-int high tearmes: Et quemaedmedum receptur eft,
Ut exercitntn ducat Impermwor: fic & a cordaris Viris res
pſa ducende,ut que ipfu videntur ga gerantur, & non ip-
ſe enentur perſequi coganter, For it we obſerue, we ſhall
find two differing, of fufhciency,in managing of
bufinefſec ſombean. make; yic of occaſions aptly and
dexterouſly, burplorte lirtle:fome 'canvrge and pur-
ſne their owneplottes well, butcannotaccammodate

nor take incether of vebich is very yapertite without |

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king way (quala off via: naw. in. Mare., 'which,'. the
French calieth Sewrdes Meners, when men et thinges
in worke without opening themſclues at all)be ſom-

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times 'Diſſimulatio trrorer parit,) qni-difſimulatorem ip-
liriqueshaue in anaturall and free manner profeſſed
their defires,rather then'bin'reſerued and diſguiſed
(nr ery Lacites 'S do
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hop flood bis friendes or enemies -: 506 av, ara hee
went firſt into Gas/, 'made noſcruple to profeſic,
that hee had rather bee firſt in a village, then' ſecond at
Rime. 'Soagaine as ſoone' as hee'had begunne the
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letter of Cirero to _Micirgttiac Augaſits Caſar in his
very efitranee'into affaires, when hewas adearling
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do made it his difſeigne by infinireſecret Engines, to
Calt the ſtate intoan abſolute Anarchy and confuſi-
on, that"the ſtate moughrt caſt' it ſelfe into. his
Armes for neceſſity and proteQion, and ſo the
ſoueraigne power bee putt vpon him, and he neuer
ſeene. 1n it : and. when ' hee had broughte ic
(as he thoughte to that pointewhen hee was choz
ſcn Conſall alone; as 'neuer any, was; yet hee could
make noe greate matter of'ir,becauſe men vnder-
ſtoode him not but was faine in theend, to goe the
beaten tracke of getting Armes into his handes,by
coulour of Wrhe doubte of Ceſars deſlignes: ſo tedi-
dious,caſuall and vafortunate: are theſe deepe diſt-
rations ; RIO it ſcemeth T acitus meds this
indgement, that they werea cunning of an inferiour
fourmein re Torenepollic attributing the On
to Auguſtxs,the other to T werims, where ſpeaking 0
Liniaghe ſayth:E! cunt ariious marits ſemulatione fily bene
compeſua:tor furely.the continuall habite of diſlumula-
tion is but aweake and fluggith cunning,& not great*
ly politique., . . .-\* |
Anotherprecept of this ArchiteQure of For-

tune, is,.to accuſtome our mindesto iudge of the
proportion or valewe of things,as they conducezand /* 4-4 do port
aremateriall ro our particular ends, and that to doe _ Jos k- -
ſubſtantially and nor ſuperficially + For wee ſhall fumis/ 149, pr a "
finde the Logicall parte. ( as. I maye' tearme ; T1 6
it ) of ſome mens mindes good, but the Mathe- i
maticall part erroncous,that is,they. can well indge i
of conſequences, but not of proportions and

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compariſon, preferring things of ſhewe ard ſence-

before things of ſubſtance and effe&t:., So ſome tall
'inloue with acceſſe to Princes; others with popu-
Jar fame and applaulc, ſuppolinge they are things
of -greate- purchaſe , when in many Caſes they
-are but matters of Enuy, perill, and Impedimenr:
| So ſome meaſure thinges accordinge to- the 1a-
'bour and difficulty ,oraſtiduity ,which are ſpent a-
-boure them 3'-and thinke if they bee euer moo-
vinge,that they muſt needs aduance and proceed,
as Ceſar fairhin a diſpilinge: manner of Cato the
ſecond,when hee: deſcribetk /howe WWorious and
indefatigable- hewas to: noe greate purpoſe :ec
omnia "mazno fiudio: agehat:;Soin moſte | rthinges
menare ready toabuſc themfclues in thinking the
' atcſt means to. be beſt ,when it ſhould bee the

_- Asforthegrue marſhalling ofmens purſues
"towards theire. fortune as they are more. or leſſe
- mareriall,I houlde them to ſtand thus ; Firſte the
amendment of their own Minds, For the Remooue
ofthe Impediments ofthe mind wil ſoonercleare the
paſſages of fortune,then the obreininge fortune wil
remooethe Impedimets of themind;In ſecod place
-Ifet downe wealth and meanes,which Iknow moſt
. . men woulde haye placed furſte :becauſe of the gene-
' -rallvie which it bearethrowardes all varietie of oc.
caſions. Bur that opinion I may 'condemne with
-Jike re {fon as 'Macchianetll: doth that other: that
.monies werett.eftnews of the warres,wheras(faith he) -

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the true ſinews ofthe warres are the ſinews of mens
Armes , that js a valiant,populous and Military
Nartion:& he voucheth aptly the authority of Solan
who when Cre{sſhewed him his treaſury of goulde
ſaideto him ,that if anotker came that had berter :
Iron,he woulde be maiſter o! his Gould In like man-
ner it may be truly-attirmed,that itis zot meniesthat

arc the ſinews of fortune , but it is the finews and

ſtcele of mens Mynds, Witte,Courage, Audacity,
Reſolution, Icmper,lnduſtry,cnd rhe like: In thirde
placeI ſeedown Reputation, becauſeof the peremp-
rory Tides & Currants it hath,which ifthey bee nor
taken intheirdue time, are- ſildome recouered, it
beinge cxtrcame harde to PLAIC an aſter game
of reputation , And laſtly.l place honoure, which
is morccalily wonne by anyof the other three,
much more by all, then any of them can beepur-
chaſed by honour, To conclude this precepte, 2s
there is order and prog in Matter, fo 1s there
in Time, the propoſterous placing whereof is one
of the commoneſt Errors:whule men fly to their ends
when they ſhoulde intend their beginninings: and
doe nottake things in order of time as they come on,
but marſhall themaccording to greatnes and nor
according 10 inſtance, not obſcruing the good pre» b |
cepte nod nun iniiat agamure x

Another precept of this knowledge is, not ,,, ,,,,/c, n7oh 1
to imbrace any matters,which doe occcupieto great ram per {eco qu WE.
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ſing by profeſſions of Burden, as Lawyers,Orators
Painetul dinines, and the like, are not common=
lie ſo politique for their owne fortyne, otherwiſe
then in their ordinary way, becauſe they want time to

; tearneparticulars,to waite occaſions, and to deuiſe

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F \ Another precept of this knowledge is to imitate
nature which doth nothing in vaine, which ſurely a
obs £4 ©, man maydo,it hedo wellinterlacehis buſineſle, and
mas 4 x Pcndnot hismind too much yponthatwhich he prin
nk, ut [allen Cipally intendeth.Fora man ought in cuery particu-
ted prot - Jaration,fotocarry themotions of his mind, and ſo
to hauc one thing vnder another;as if he cannothaue

that he ſceketh in the beſtdegree, yer to haueitin a
ſecond,or ſo'in a third, and ifhe can haue no parte of
that which he purpoſed;yertoturn'the ve of it to (6.

what els,and it he cannot make any thing of ir for the
preſcnt,yer to makeit as a ſeed offomwhatin time to
come, and ifhe cancontriueno-effett or ſubſtaunce
from ir,yetto win ſom good opinion by ir,or the like
fo that he ſhould exaan account ofhimſelf of eue-
ry action,to reape ſomwhat,and not to ſtand amazed

and confuſed if he faile of that he chiefly meant :- for

nothing is moreimpollitiquethen to mind aions

{+ +»: '» Wwhollyonebyone. For he that doorh fo, leeſerh
_ 41 infinite occaſions which eriterveine; and are many
times more proper and propitious for ſomewhart,
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parfite in that rule: Hec oportet facere, & ills non 0.:
mmittere.

Another precept of this knowledge is,not to in
gagea mans ſclteperemptorily in any thing, though
itſ{eem not liable to accident,but euer to haue a win-
dow to flic out at, oraway torayre; following the
wiſcdom 1n the ancient fable, of the two frogs,which

conſulted when theirplaſh was dric ,, whether they

ſhould go:and the one moouedto go down into apir
becauſcitwas not likely the water would dry there,
but the other anſwered, True,but if it do,how ſhallwe get
011 agaime?.

Anather precept ofthis knowledge is thatancienc
precept of B:a-,conſtrued not to any point of perfidin
ouincſle,butonly tocaution and moderation Et ama
141quanr inimicus fuiurus,07, odi tanquem amaturns: For
itvreerly betraicth al vrility,for mE to imbarquethem
ſelncs to far,into vnfortunare friend(hips:troubleſom
ſpleans;8 childiſh & humorous enuics or zmulatios.

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ample, led,becauſe Lwold nothaue ſuch knowledges
which 1 note as deficrenr to be thought things mpg:
natiuc,or in the ayre;or an obſeruation or two, muc
made of. b1.t thinges of bulke and matle: whereot an
end is hardlier made, then a. beginning.ltmuſt be
likewiſe. concciucd that, in theſe. pointes which I
mencion and ſet downe, they atefar trom complete
traQtates of them : but onelye as ſmall pceces for

patiernes.: And laſtlye , no man Þ ſuppoſe will

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thinke, that I meane fortunes are - not oh.
teyned without all this acoe;Forl know they come
tumblinge into ſome mens lappes, and a nomber
obtaine g<od fortunes by dilligence,in aplaine way:
Little intermedlinge: and keeping<hemſclues from
groſle errors.

Burt as Cicero when heſetteth down an 14:4 of a par-
fic Orator, doth not mean thateuery pleader ſhould
be ſuch; and ſolikewiſe,when a Prince ora Conrtier
hath been deſcribed by ſuch as haue handled thoſe
ſubies,the mould hath vied tobe made accordinge
rothe perfe is of the Arre,and nor according to c6
mon praQiiſe :SoI vnderſtand it that jr ought to be
donein the deſcriptioa of a-Polhiique man-I meance
pollitique for his owne fortune.

Bur it muſt be remembred al this while, that the pree«
cepts which we have ſee down,are of thatkind which
may becoinred & called Bone Artes,as foreuillarts, if
a man would ſetdown for himſelfethat principle of
Machianel:T hat a man ſecke not 10 attaine-verind it

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that other principle c6reined in the verſe which Cice
ro cyteth cada amici,dumods Inimici intercidat,as the
Trium virewhich fould every one to other the liues
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thar other proteſtation of I. Catilina to ſet on fire
trouble ſtates,to the end to fiſh in droumy waters ,8

. to ynwrappe their fortunes. Ego ſoquid in /orriunisimeis

excuatum fil ixcendium,id non aqua ſed ruina reſtinguam,
or that other principle of Lyſader T hat childre are 10 be
aeceined with cofitter, &r men with othes, &the like euil
and corrupt poſitions,whereof (as in alrhings)there
are more in number then of the good: Certainly with
theſe diſpenſations from the lawes of charity & inte-
-0kel the preſſing ofa mans fortune,may be more ha
yand compendious .Butitis in life,as it isin wz
he ſhorteſt way js CQIL (0)Q) he fowleſt: & ſurcly the
I! h about,
| be in their own power & doe beare &
fuſtaine themſclues , and bee notcaryed awaye with
a whirle winde or tempeſt ofambition:oughte in the
purſure of their owne fortune;to ſer before their cics,
notonly that general Map of the world.T hat al things
are vanity & vexati of ſpirit but many other more par
ards & direQtios, cheefly that, Thar Being,
without wel being:is acurſe;& the greater being, rhe
greatercurſe, And thatall vertue is moſt rewarded,6e
al wickedneſſe moſt puniſhedin ir ſelfe:accordingas.
the Poet ſaith excellently. _
Quevobis que digna viri pro laudibariſtis
Premia poſſe rear ſoluipultherrima primum

Dy morcsque dabunt weſtri: |

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lots & nations;actording to that ſcripture He
ath tonceined miſchiefe & ſhal bring ſoorth a Svetbine
Amd'alchough men ſhould refraine themſelues from
injury and cuil artes,yetthis inceſſant 8: Sabbarhleſſe
purſute of a mans fortune; leaueth nottribute which
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.Ceſar,& after of Septimius Sexerur,That either they
fhold neuer haue bin born oy elſe they ſhold nener baue died,
they did ſo muchmiſchicfinthepurſur 8 aſcerof their

greatnes,8:ſo much good when they were eſtabliſhed

Accope ions & (acixfaiansare good to be
d, but neuer'good to be purpoſed: Andlaſtlyiris

notamiſſe for mETn their race toward their fortuneto
coollthEſclues a litle with that c6ceit which is elegir
lyexpreſſed bythe Emperor,Chrls the 5.in his inftruc
tios totheK.his ſon,T hat fortune hath ſawhat of the nax
ture of a woma,that if ſhe be too much woed,ſhe is the farder
of.But this laſt is but a remedy for thoſe whoſe Taſts
are corrupted:let me rather build vpo that fotidation
whichis as acornerſtone of divinity and philoſophic,
wherein they joyne cloſe, namely that ſame Primmm
querite, For diumnity ſayth Primum querite regu Dei
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querite bong animi,cetera ant aderunt, at von wernyt.
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Andalthough the humanefoundation hath ſome-
what of thefarme, as weſce in M: Brutus when hee
brake forth Into that ſpeech.

- = Tecolui(Yirtns)virem: aft tu nomen inane es;
Yetthe diuine foundation is vpon the Rocke. But
this may ſcrue fora Taſt of thatknowledge which 1
noted as deficient.

Concerning government, itis a part of know-
ledge, ſecretand retyred in both theſe reſpes, in
which things are deemed ſecret: for ſome things are
" ſecret, becauſe they are hard to know, and ſome be.
cauſe they are not fit to vtter : weeſeeall goucrn-
mentsarc obſcurc and inuilible,

= - - Totamque infuſa per artus, +
Mens azitat molem,Cr mazno corpore miſcet,

Such is the deſcription of gouernments ; weſee the

goucrnmet of God ouer the world is hidden, info.
much as it ſeemeth to participate of much irregula-
ritie and confuſion, The gouernment of the Soule
in moouing the Body is inward and profound,and
the paſſages therofhardlyto be reduced to demon-

firation. Againe,the wiſedome of Antiquitie (the

ſhadowes whereofare inthe Pocts)in the deſcripti.
on of torments and paines, next vnto the crimeof
Rebellion, which was the Giants offence, doth de-
teſt the offence of facilitie : as in Syſephus and Tarta-
las.But this was meant of particulars; Neucrthelcſle
euen vntothe generall rules and diſcourſes of polli-
cie, and goucrnment,there is duea reuerent and re-

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Butcontrariwiſe inthe gouernors towards the go.
uerned, allthings ought as faras the frailtie of Man
permitteth,to be maniteſt, &reuecaled. For lo it is ex-

refſed inthe Scriptures touching the gouernment
of Gad, that this Globe which ſeemeth to vs a dark
and ſhady body 1s in the view of God, as Chriſtall,
Et in conſpetts ſedis tanqua mare vitreii ſimile chriſtallo,

So vnto Princes and States, and ſpecially rowardes
wile Senats and-Councels, the natures and diſpoſt*
_ tionsof the people, their conditions, andneceſſi-
ties, their factions and combinations,their animoll1-
ties and diſcontentrs ought to be in regard of the va-
rictic of their Intelligences, the wilſedome of their
obſcruations,and the height of their ſtation, where
they keepe Centinell, in great part cleare and tran=-
fparent ; wherefore, confidcring that I write toa
kingthar is a maiſter ofthis Science,and\s ſo wel af=
ſiſted, I thinke it decentro paſſe oucrthis part in fi.
lece,as willing to obtaine the certificate, which one
_ oftheancient Philoſophers aſpired vnto, who being
ſilent, when others contended to make demonſtra-
tion of their abilities by ſpeech, defirgd it mought
|-e certified for his part, 1hat there was one that knewe
how to hola his peace.

Notwithſtanding forthe more publique part of
Gouernment, which is Lawes,I think goodro note
onley one deficience, which is, that altthoſe which |
haue write of Lawes, haue written citheras Philo-
ſophers,oras lawicrs,& none as atatesmen. As for
the Philoſophets , they make imaginary Lawesfor
imaginary comon-wealths,& their diſcourſes arc as

; the

the Stars, which giuelittle light becauſe they are ſo
_ high. For the Lawyers, they write according tothe
States where they liue,what is recciucd Law,& not
what oughtto be Law; For the wiſedome of a Laive
maker is one,& of a Lawyeris another. For therarc
in Nature certaine fountainesof Tuſtice,whence all
Ciuil Lawes arederiued, butas ſtreames, &like as
waters doe take tinRures and taſtesfrom the ſoyles
through which they run ; Sodoe ciuill Lawes vary
accoruing to theRegions and gouernments where
theyare plated,though they proceed from the ſame
fountaines; Againe the wiſedome of a Lawmaker
confiſteth not oncly in a platforme of Iuſtice;but in
the application thereof, takinginto conſideration,
by what meanes Lawes may be made certaine, and
what are the cauſes &remedies of the doubttulneſle
and zncertaintie ot Law,by what meanes Lawes may
be made aptandaeafic to beexecuted, and whatare
the impediments., and remedies inthe execution of
lawes, what influencelawes touching priuate right
of Meum ec Tanum,haue into the publike ſtate, and
how they may be made apt and agreable,how lawes
are to be pennedand delivered, whether in Textfor
in Ads,briefe or large, with preambles, or without
howe they ate'to bce pramed and reformed from
time totime, and whatis the beſt meanes tokeepe
them fro being too vaſt in volwmes,ortoo ful of wwl.
tiplicitie 8 croſneſſe,how they areto be expounded,
When wpor cauſes emergent , - and iudicially dif-
cuſſed, and when vpon reſponſes and conferences
touching generall points or queſtions, how they
Ecec 2 are

T he ſecond booke. >

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Of the aduancement of learning

arc to be preſſed, rigorouſly, or tenderly, how they
are tobe Mitizated by equiticand good conſcience,
and whether diſcretion and ſtrict Lawe are tobe
mingled in the ſame Conris, or kept a part in ſeucrall
Coxrts , Againe,how the practiſe, protcſſion, and e.
rudition of Lawe is to be cenſured and goncrned,
and many other points touching the adminiftrati.
on,and . (as I may tearme it) animaticn of Lavres.
Vpon which inſiſt theleſſe, becauſe I purpoſe (if
God giueme leaue ) hauing begunne a worke of
this Nature,in Aphoriſmes, to propound it hereaf«
ter,noting itinthe incanerime tor deficient,

And for your Maieſties Lawes of England, I
could ſay much of their dignitie , and ſomewhatof
their dete& : But they cannot but excell the ciuill
Lawes in fitneſſe for the gouernment: for the ciuill
Law was, now hos queſitum munus in vſus: It wasnot
made forthe countries which it gouerneth : hereof .
Iccaſe toſpeake, becauſe 1 yill notintermingle

- matter of Action , with matter of generall Lear-

ning.

Hus hauelI concluded this portion of learning
touching Crnill knowledge, & with Ciuillknow-
ledge haue conduded HVMANE PHILO-
SOPHY andwith Humane Philoſophy, Þ HI-
LOSOPHY in GENERAL, andbcing now

at ſome pauſe, looking backe into that I have paſſed

through: This writing ſcemeth to me (Sr nunquam:
failit imago) asfarreasa man can iudge of his owne

worke.

worke, not much betterthen that noiſe or ſound
which Mufitiaz make while they are in tuning their
Inſtrumetrs,which is nothing pleaſat to hear, burycr
15a cauſe why the Muſique is [weeter atterwardes.
So hauc Lbcene content to tune the Inſtruments of

the Muſes, that they may play, that haue better
hands. Andſutely when er before me tlie condi-

tion of theſe times , * in which learning hath made -

her third viſitation, or circuitein all the qualitics
thereof: as the excellencie and viuacitie of the wits
of thiskge; Thenoble helpes andlights which we
haue by the trauailes of ancient writers: The Artof
Printing, which communicateth Bookes ro men at
all fortunes. The openeſle of the world by Nauiga-
tion , which hath diſcloſed multitudes of experi-
ments,and a Mafle of Naturall Hiſtory: Theleaſure
wherwith theſe timesabound, not imploying men
ſo generally in ciuil] buſineſle, as the States of Gre-
ia did.,in reſpc&ot their popularitie, andthe Statc

of Rome in reſpect of the greatneſſe of their Monar-.

chic ; The preſent diſpoſition of theſe times at this
ipſtant to peace: The conſumption of all that ever
can be (aid in controuerſies of Religio, which haue
ſp much diverted men from other Sciences : The
perfeRion of your Maj - learning, which as a Phe-
nix may call whole volyes of wits to followe you,
and theinſeparable proprietic of Time, which is c-
uer more and more to diſcloſc truth: I cannot but
be raiſed tothis perſwafion,thatthis third period of

time will farre ſurpaſſe that of the Grecian and Ko-
LEE mane

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wane Learning; Onely if: men willknow their own
ſtrength,and their owne weakeneſffe both: and take
onelromthe other, light of inuention, and not fire
of contradiion, andeſteeme ofthe Inquiſition of
truth,as ofan enterpriſc,& not as of aqualitie or or-
nament, & imploy wit and magnificenceto things
of worth & excellencie, & nottothings vulgar.,and
of papulareſtimation. Asfor my labors,if any man
ſhall pleaſe himſelte , or others inthe reprehenſion
of them;they ſhall maketbatancientand paticntre-

quelnerbrdyſd audi.. 1.ct men reprehend them fo

theyobſcrucand waigh them: For the Appealeis

lawtul} (though irmay be it ſhall notbeneedefully
tromthe firſt cogitations of men to their ſecond, &
from the ncerertimes,to the times further of. Now
lect vs come to thatlearning,which both the former
times, were not ſo bleſſedasta knowe, Sacred & im-
fpired Divinitie,the Sabaoth ane port of all mens la-
bours and pcregrinations.

© Heprerogatiue of God cxtendeth as wellto
F thereaſonas tothe will of Man, Sothat as wc

arcto obey his law though wehndearclucta-
ti6 in our wikSo-weare to belicue his word,though
wehndearetoaitionin ourreaſon : Forifwe be-

fecuc andy; that which is agreeable, to our ſence,
we giueiconſenttothe marter, andnotto the Au-
thor,which is no more then we would doe towards
a ſuſpected and diſcredited witnefſle : But that faith
which.was accounted to Abraham for righteoul-

neſle

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nefſe was of ſuch a point, as whereat Sarablaughed,
whortherein was an [mage of Naturall Reaſon.
Howben { if we witſiruly coniderof it) x more
worthy it1s to belicue , then to knoweas we now
know; For in knowledge mans mind ſufferer!) from

ſence butin belicfe it ſu (ufferethfrom$ Irit,{uch one
A5 it holdeth for more a - 3 all ben inf ſelfe, & lo

(ufferethfrom the worthier Agent: otherwiſe itis of.

cheſtare of man glorified, for then faith ſhal cealc, &

weſhall knowe as we are knowne.

Wherefore we concludethatſacred Theologie
(which in our Idtome we call Diuinitie) is groun-
ded onely vpon the word &oracle of God,and not
vponthe light of nature:for itis written,Ce/zenarrat

lortam Det: But it 1s not written Celi enarrant volun-
tatem Dei: But of thatitis ſaid, ; Ad legem CF teſlimont-
um fi non fecerint ſecunann wverbum i/tud exc. This hol-
dethnot onely inthoſe points of taith , which con-
cerne the great miſteries of the Deitie, ot the Creae«
tion,of the Redemption, but likewiſe thoſe which
concerne thelaw Moral truly interpreted, Loxe your
Enemies,dot good tothethat hateyon. Be like to your hea-
wenly father that ſuffereth hu raine to falwpon the Inſt 6 &
ninſl Tothis it oughtto be applauded, Nec vox ho-

— —_—

mine mine ſonat, [tis a voice beyond thelight of Nature:

So we ſee the heathen Poets when they Fallypon a
libertine paſſion, doe ſtil] expoſtulate with lawes
and Moralities, as if they were oppoſite and

malignant to Nature : Et quod naturd remillit,
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Alexanders Meflengers : That he had heard ſome.
whatof Pythagoras and ſomeother of the wiſe men
of Grecis,and that he held them for excellent Men:
butthat they hada fault, which was that they had
in too greatreuerence and venerationathing they
called T.awe and Manners: So itmuſtbe confeſſed
thata great part of the Lawe Morallis of that per.

feftion , whercunto the light of Narure cannot a«

ſpire: how then is it,that manis ſaide to haue by the

light andlawcof Nature onje Notions, and con-

ccits of vertue and vice, iuſtice & wrong, goodand
envill? Thus, becauſe the lightof Natureis vied in
ewoſeuerallſenſes ; Thc one,that which ſpringeth
from Reaſon, Scnſe, Induttiong Argument,accor-
ding to the lawes of heauen and cart: The other
that whichis imprinted vpon the ſpirit of Man by
an inward Inſtin&,according tothe lawe of conſct-
ence, which isa ſparkleof the puritie of his firſt E-

ſtate: In which later ſenſe onely,he is participantof

ſome light,and diſcerning:touching the perteRion

of the Morall lawe:buthows? ſufficient to checkthe
v ice. butnot to informe the dutte. Sov then the do-

Tine of Reſioion,as wal Mocallas Miſticall, is not

to beattained , - but by inſpiration and reueclation
trom God. | .
The vſe notwithſtanding of Reaſon in ſpirituall
things,andthe latitude thereof is very greatand ge-
nerall:for itis not for nothing, thatthe Apoſtle cal.
leth Religion owr reaſonable ſernice of God , inſo-

much

much asthe veric Ceremonies and Figures of the
oulde Lawe were full of reaſon and ſignification,
much more then the ceremonies of Idolatrie and
Magicke, thatare full of Non-ſinificants and Surde
Characters , But moſt ſpecially the Chriſtian faith,as
inallthings,ſfo in this deſerueth4o be highly magni:
fied, houlding and preſeruing the golden Medio-
critic in this point, betweenethe law of the Heathen,
and the law of Mahumer, which haue embraced the
two cxtreames. Forthe Religion of the Heather
had no conſtant belcefe or conteſſion , but letr all to
theliberticof argument: andthe Religion of Ma-
humet onthe otherſide, interditeth argument al-
together; the one hauing theverie face of Errour :
and the other of Impoſture ; whereas the Faith
doth both admit and reie Diſputation with dif-
ference.

Thevſe of Humane Reaſon in Religion, is of
ewoſorts: Theformer inthe conceptionand ap-
prehenſton of the Myſteries of G o » tovs reueca-
led , Theother, inthe inferring and deriuing of
doctrine and direQion therypon : Theformer cx.
tendethtothe myſteries themſelues : but how? by
way of Illuſtration , and not by way of argument.
The later confiſteth indeed of Probation and Ar-
gument. Inthe former weeſce God vouchſaferh
to deſcend to our capacitie, inthe expreſling of his
miſteties in ſort as may bee ſenſible vntovs : and
doth grifte his Reuclations & holie doctrine vypon

the Notions of ourreaſon, and applyeth his Inſpi-
'Fft rations

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"Of the aauancement of /t arning
ratiss toopen our ading,as the forme of the
keytothe ward of the locke , forthelater, there
isallowed vsanvicot Reaſon, andargument , ſe-
condaric and reſpeRiue; although not originall
and abſolute : For after the Articles and princi-
ples of Religion are, placedand exempted from ex.
amination of reaſon : Itis then permitted vnto vs to
make deriuationsand inferences from, and accor.
ding tothe Analogicot them, forour better directi-
on.In Nature this holdeth nor, for both the princi.
lesare examinable by Induction, though notby a
Medium or Sillogiſme: and beſides thoſe principles
or firſt poſitions, haue noe diſcordance with that
reaſon which draweth downe and diduceth the in-
feriour poſitions.But yetit holdeth notin Religion
alone;butin many knowledges bothof greater and
ſmaller Nature, namely wherin there are not onely
Poſt« but Placits, forinſuchtherecanbenoe vſe of
abſolute reaſon, welec it familiarly inGames of wit,
as Cheſle, or thelike ; The Draughts and firſt laiwes
of the Game are poſitive, but how? mecrely ad
placitum, and not examinable by reaſon; Butthen
how to dire our play thereupon with beſt aduan-
tage to winne the-game, isartificiall and rationall,
So in Humane lawes, there be many groundesand
Maximes, . which are Placita Inris, Poſitine vponau-
thoriticand not ypon reaſon, and therefore not to.
be diſputed: But whatis moſttaſt, notabſolutely,
but relatinely , and according to thoſe Maximes,
thataffordeth along field of diſputation.Such ther-

fore.

fore is that ſec6darie reaſon, which hath place in di-
uinitie, which is grounded vpon the Placets of God.

Here therefore I note this deficience; that there
hath not bin to my vnderſtanding ſufficiently en-
quired & handled, Thetrue limits andw{e of reaſon in
ſpiritual things : as akinde of diuineDialeQique,
which forthatitisnot done,it ſeemethtomeathing
vſuall,by pretext of true conceiuing that, which ts
reucaled, to ſearch and mine intothat which is not
reuealed, and by pretextof enucleating inferences
and contradiQories, to examinethatwhichis poli-
tive: Theone ſort falling into the Error of Nicode-
mus,demanding to hauethings made more ſenſible
then it pleaſeth God to reueale them , Qnome-
do poſit homo naſci cum ſit ſenex? The other lortinto
| theError of the Diſciples, which were ſcand1lized
ataſhew of contradiction: nid eft hoc quod dicit no.
bis, modicum, cr non videbitis me, en fterum modicums,
+ videbitis me oc.

Vpon thisI haueinſiſted the more,inregard of the
oreat and bleſſed vſethereof, for this point well la.
boured and defined of, would in my iudgement be
an Opiateto ftaie and bridlenot onely the vanitic of
curious ſpeculatios, wherewith the ſchoolcs labour
butthefurie of cotrouerſies, wherwith the church
haboureth. Forit cannotbut open mens cyesto ſce
that many controuerlies doe meerely pertaine
tothat which is cithernotreucaled orpoſitiue, and
that many others doe growe ypon weake and ob-
ſcure Inferences or deriuations which latter
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ſort of men would reviue the bleſſed ſtile of that
great DoRorof the Gentiles , would bee carryed
thus : Ego, now Dominus , and againe» Secanaun
confilium menm, in Opinions and counſells, andnor
in poſitionsand oppoſitions. But Men arc nowe
ouer readie tovſurpe the ftile. Now Ego, ſed Domi-
nzs, and notſoonly, but to bindeit with the thun-
derand denunciation of Curſes, and Anathemaers, to
the terror of thoſe which haue nor ſufficiently lear-
ned out of Sa/oron , that The cauſeleſſe Curſe ſhall
mot Come. |
Diuinitic hath two principall parts : The mat-
terinfarmed or rcucalcd : andthe nature of the In-
formation or Reuclation : andwith the later wee
_ willbeginne : becauſe it hath moſt coherence with
that which wee hauc now laſt handled. Thena»
ture of the information conſiſteth of three braun=»
ches : Thelimites of the information; the ſufficien«
cic of the information , and the acquiring or obtai-
ning the information, Vnro thelimits of the infor.
mation belong theſe canſiderations : howe farre
forth particular perſons continue to bee inſpired :
how farre forth the Church is inſpired: and howe
farre forth reafon may be vſed, thelaſtpoint wher-
of I haue notedas deficient, Vntothe ſufhciency of
the information belong two conſiderations, what
points of Religion are toundamentall, & what per-
feiue, beeing matter of ſounder building and per-
feftion vpon one, and the ſame foundation : and
apaine how the gradationsof hghtaccording tothe
| | diſpenſation

diſpenſation of times, afe materiall ro the ſufficien-
cieof belcefe,

Here againe 1 may rather ejue it in aduiſe; |
g y Q inaduiſe; then De oradi-

bus vnitae

bee with piety and wiſedomediſtiaguiſhed : afub- tis #2 Cit
ie& tending ro much like ende, asthat I noted be. tate Dei.

note it as deficient, that thdgoints foundamentall
andthe pointsof turther perteQion onely ought t

fore: for asthatother werelikely to abate the nom.
ber of controuerſtes : Sothis is like to abate the
heareof manie of them. Wee. ſee Moſes when he
ſawe the 1ſrac/ite and the Egyptian fight, hee did not
ſay, Why ſtrive you ? but drew his (worde, and flewe
the Egyptian : But when hee ſawe thetwo //ſraclttes
fhghr, lies ſaid, Tow are brethren , why ſtrine you? Ttthe
oint of doftrine bee an Exyptien, it muſt bee ſlaine
by the ſword of the ſpirit, and not reconciled. But
ititbean 7ae{tte, though in the wrong: then Why
ſtrine you. Welſee ofthe foundamentall points, our
Sauiour penneth the league thus, Hee that i not with
vs 6 424inſt 5, but of points not fundamentall,thus
Hee that « not againſt vs, @withvs. - So weeſee the
Coate of our Sauiour was entier without ſeame,
and ſo is the Doctrine of the Sctiptures init ſelfe :
But the government of the Churche was of divers
colours, and yetnotdeuided : wee (ce the chaffe
may and ought to be ſeuered from the corne inthe
Eare: But the Tares may not be pulled vp fromthe
corne inthe field: So as itisa thing of greatyſe well
todefine, what, and of what latitude thoſe points

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incorporatefromthe Church of God.

For the obtaining of the information, itreſteth

apon the true & ſound Interpretation of the Scrip-

tures which arethe foyntaines of the water of lite.
The Interpretations of the Scriptures are of two
ſorts:Methodical,and Solute,or atlarge,forthis di-

.uine water which excelleth ſo much that of 7acobs

Well, -is drawne forth much in the ſame kinde, - as
Nacurall Water vſcth to- bee out of Wells and

'Fountaines: cither it is firſt forced vpinto a Ce-

erne and from thence fetcht and deriued for vic:
or elſe it-is drawne. .and- received in Buckets and

Veſſels immediately whereit-ſpringeth , Thefor- |

mer ſort whereof though it ſeemeto beethe more
readic, yetin my judgement is moreſubie to cor-

xupt. 'This is that Methode which hath exhibited,
yntovstheſcholaſticall diuinitie, whereby diuinity

hath bin reduced intoan Art, as into a Ceſterne,8&

theſtreames of doctrine or poſitions fetcht and de-

rived from thence. Wu

In this, Men haueſought three things,a fumma-
riebreuitic, a compactedſtrength, and a comple-
ateperfetion : whereof the two firſt they faile to

finde,and the laſt they ought not to ſecke. -For

as to breuitic , wee- [ce in all ſummaric Methodes,
while men purpoſe toabridge, -they giue cauſcto
dilare;For the ſumme orabhridgement by contracti-
on becommetrh obſcure, the obſcuritie requireth

+expoſition,and the expoſition is diduced into large
.comentaries, -or into-common places, and titles,
awhich groweto be more vaſtthen the originall wri-

tings

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tings whence the ſumme was atfirftextracted . So

we ſecthe volumes of the ſchoole-men are orcater
much then thefirſt writings of the fathers, whence
the Maiſterof the ſent&ces made his ſumimeor col-
Ietion, Soin hke manner the volumes of the mo.
dern DoRors of the Ciuil Law exceed thole of the
ancient luriſconſults,of which Tribonian compiled
the digeſt. So asthis courſe of luummes & comenta-
riesis that which doth infallibly make the body of
Scicces more1mmenſc in quantitic,and morc balc
in ſubſtance,

Andfor (trength,itis true,that knowledgesreda.
cedinto exact Methodes hauea ſhew of {lrength,in
thatcach part ſcemeth to ſupport & ſuſtaine the 0-
ther: But this is more ſatiſtaRorie then ſubſtantial,
like vnto buildings, which ſtand by ArchiteQure,
and compaQtion, which are more ſubie to ruine,
thentholethat arc built more ſtronge in their ſeue«
rall parts thoughlefle compacted . Butitis plaine,
that the more yourecede from your grounds , the

weaker doe you conclude,&asin nature, the more
you remoue your ſclte from particulars,the greater
peril of Error you doe incur: So,much more inDi.
uinitic,the more you recede from theScriptures by
inferences and conſequences,.the more weakeand
dilute are your poſitions.

And asforperfection,orcompleatnes in divinitic
itisnotto be ſought, which makes this-courſe of
Artificiall diuinitie the more ſuſpete : For hee
that will reduce a knowledge into an Art, will

make it round and uniforme +: But in Diuinitic
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manic things muſt bee lefg abrupt and concluded
_ © withthis: 0 altitudo Sapientie & ſcientie Dei ,.quane
incomprehenſibilia ſunt Iudicia eius , cf non inneſtigabi-
leswieei 7 Soagaine the Apoſtle ſaith, Ew parte
ſcimws, andto hauetheformeof a torall , where
there is but matter fora part, cannot bee without
ſupplics'by ſuppoſition and preſumption. And
therefore I conclude, that the rruc vic of theſe
Summes and Methods hath place in Inſtitutions
or IntroduQtions , preparatorie vnto knowledge:
but in chem, or by diducement from them, to han-
dlethe mayne bodie -and ſubſtance of a knowe-
ledge; isin all Sciencespreiudiciall, andinDini-
nitiedangerous.
As to the'Interpretation of the Scriptures ſo-
luteandar large, there haue beene diuers kindes in-
troduced'8 deviſed , ſome of them rather ruinous
andynſafe ,then ſoberandwarranted. Notwith-
ſtading thusmuch muſtbe confeſſed, thatrhe Scrip-
tures being giuen by inſpiration, andnotby hu-
-manereaſ{on , doe differ from all other books in the
Aurthor' : which by, conſequence doth drawe on
-ſomedifferencero be vſed bythe Expoſitor, [For
theInditerof them did knowefoure things which
noe man attaines roknowe, which are the miſteries
ot the kingdome of glorie .; "the pertetionofthe
Lawesof 'Narnre-: rheſectetsof the heart of 'Man:
and thefuture ſucceſſion of allages. Foras tothe
firſt, it is ſaid. He hop into the light, ſhall be
oppreſſed of the Glovie . And againe, Noemanſball ſee

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my face and line, Totheſecond, When he prepared the

heauens 1 was preſent, when by lawe and compaſſe heen.
cloſed the deepe. Tothe third, Neither was it needefull
that any ſhould beare witneſſe to him of Man,for he knewe
wellwhat was in Man, And to the laſt, From the begin-
ning are knowne to the Lord all his workes.

From the formertwo of theſe have beene drawne
certaine ſenſes and expoſitions of Scriptures, which
had need be contained within the bounds of ſobri-
etic; The one Anagogicall,and theother Philo/ophis
call, Butas to the former, Man is notto preuent his
time;Y idemnus nunc per ſpeculum in Aenigmate,tunc au-
tems facie adfaciem, wherein neuertheleſle there ſec.

meth to bea liberticgraunted, as farre forthas the

poliſhing of this glafle , or ſome moderate expli-
cation of this Aenzema. Bntto preſſe toofarre into it
cannot but caufe a diſſolution and: ouerthrowe of
the ſpirite of man . ' For inthe body there are three
degreesof that we receiue intoit: Aliment Medecine
and Poyſon whereof Aliment is that which the Nas»
ture of Man can perfectly alter & ouercom' 2Medes,

Cine is that which is partly conuerted by Nature,

& partly conuerteth nature:&Poyſon is that which

worketh wholy vpon Nature without chat,that na.

ture can in any part workevpon it. Soin the minde
whatſocucr knowledge reaſon cannot arall worke
vpon'& conuert,isa meere intoxication and indan-
ereth a diſſolution of the minde 8 vnderſtanding.
But for the latter, it hath beene extreamely ſet on
'foote of late time by the Schoole of Paracelſus, and
Geg ſome

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ſome others, that haue prerendedto finde the truth
of all naturall Philoſophy. in the Scriptures, ſcan-
dalizing and traducing all other Philoſophic: as
Heatheniſh and Prophane: Butthere is noc ſuch
enmitie betweene Gods word., and his workes.
Neither doe they giuc honour to the Scriptures, as
they ſuppoſe,but much imbaſe them., Far to ſecke
heauenand earth inthe word of God, Whereot ic
is ſaide, Heanen and Earth ſhall paſſe, but myworde
ſhallnotpaſſe, istoſecke temporary things amongſt
erernall; Andasto ſecke Divinitiean Philoſophy,
isto ſeeke the liping amongſt the dead ; So to lecke
Philoſophy:in Diutniticisto ſeek the dead amongſt
theliuing; Neither arc þ Pots or Lavers,whole place
wasin thc outward part ofthe Templeto be ſought
inthe holicſt place of all ; where the Arke ofthe
teſtimonie was | ſeated. And againe the ſcope or
purpoſe of the ſpirit of God is not to expreſſe mat-
ters of Nature inthe Scriptures, otherwiſe then in
paſſage , andfor applicationto mans capacitieand
to matters morall orDiuine, Anditisatruc Rule,
Anthoris alind agentisparua authoritas.” Forit were a
ſtrangeconcluſion, ifa man ſhould vic a fimilitude
for ornament or illuſtration ſake, borrowed from
Nature orhiſtoric, accordingto yulgar conccit, as
of a Baſigske,an Yuicorpe , a Centanre., a Briartus,an
Hydra or the like, that therefore hee muſt needes
bee thought to affirmethe matter thereof poſitively

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-pretations, the one by redution or Aenigmaticall,
the other Philoſophicall or Phiſicall, which haue
beenerecciued and purſuedin imitationof the Rab.
vinsand Cabalifis, are to be confined with a Noti al-
tum ſapere,ſed time,
—_ Butthetwolater points knowneto God, and
vnknowneto Man , touching the ſecrets of the heart.
and the ſuceeſsions of time : doth make a iuſt and
ſound difference betweene the mannerof the ex.
poſition of the Scriptures: and all other bookes.
For it is an excellent obſeruation which hath beene
made vpon the anſweres of our Sauiour Chriſtto
many of the queſtions which wete propounded to
him , how that they are impertinent to the ſtate of
the queſtion demanded,the reaſon whereof is, be
cauſe not being like man , which knowes mans
thoughts by his words, but knowing mans thoughts
immediately, heeneueranſwered their words, but
their thoughts :-much inthelike manner itis with
the Scriptures,which being written tothe thoughts
of men,and to the ſucceſſion of all ages,with a foree
ſight of all hereſies, coatradidions, differing eſtates
of the Church, yea,and particularly ofthe eleR, are
not to be interpreted onlyaccording tothe latitude
of theproperſenſeof the place , andreſpeQtiuely

towardes that preſent' occaſion , whereupon the

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infinue ſprings and ſRreames of. dodrine to wa-
ter the Churchin cuerie part, and therefore as the
literall ſenſeis as it were the maine ſtreame or Ri-
uer:So the Morall ſenſe chietely , and ſometimes
the oricall or T Jpicall are they. whereof the
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bold in Algories, or Indulgent or lightin Allufions:
butthatI doe much condemne that Interpretation
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Men vſeto interpretea prophane booke.

Inthis part touching the expoſition of the Scrip-
tures,[ can report noedeficience ; but by way ofre.
membrance this I will adde, In peruſing Bookes
of Divinitic,l finde many Bookes of controuc7ſics,
and many of common places and treatiſes, a maſſe
of poſitive Diuinitie, as iris made an Arte:a num-
berofSermons and Le&ures, and many prolixe
4 commentaries vpon the Scriptures with harmonies
+ andconcordances: but that forme of writing in Di-
; vinitie, whichin my Iudgement isvofall others moſt
rich and precious; is pofitiue Diuinitic collected
vpon particular Texts of Scriptures: in-bricte obſer.
uations, not dilated into commoniplaces:not chaſe.
ingatter controucrſics, notrediced into Methode
ot Art,athing aboundingin Sermons, which will
vaniſh,burdefeRine in Bookes-which wil remaine,
and athing wherin this ageexcelleth,,ForT am per.
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uations vpon Texts of Scriptures which haue beene pu. i}
made diſperfedly in Sermons within this your
Maieltics [lands of Bri#tazie by the (pace of theſe * |
fortic yeares and more ( leauing outthe largenefle turarumsti
of exhortations and applications thereupon ), had 4»rinus
beene (cr downe in a continuance, it had beene the Dl
beſtworke in Diuinitie , which had beene written YILINAS « A -
ſince the Apoſtles times. 9. |
The matter informed by Diuinitic is of two kinds, = |.
matter of helicfe,and truth of opinion : and matter
- of ſervice, and adoration ; which is allo iudged
and directed by the former : The one being as the
internall ſoule of Religion,&the other asthe cxter.
nall body thereot:& therfore the heathen Religion
was notonelya worſhip of Idolls, butthewhole
Religion was an Idollin it [elfe, forit had noe ſoule
thatis,no-certaintic of beljef or confeſſion,as a man
may well thinke, conſideringthechiecte DoRors of
their Church were the Poets, and thereaſon was,
becaulerthe-heathen Gods were noe [ealous Gods,
but were glad tobe admittedinto part, as they had
reals. Neither did they reſpe@ the pureneſle ofharr,
ſo they moiight have extetnall honour and rites. i
Butout of theſe two doe reſult and ifſue foure 14%
maine branches of Diuinitie, Faith, Manners, Ly- =
targte, and Government : Faith containeththe Do-« =
Arine of the Nature of GOD, ofthe a” of 439
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GOD, andoftheworkes of GOD, The nature
of GOD conlifteth of 'thiree' perſons in ynitic
of GO D«head; The attributes of GOD areci-
ther common tothe deitie,or reſpeciue to the per-
ſons .; The workes of GOD ſummarie arc two, '
that of the Creatiow , and that of the Kedemprion:
And boththeſe workes;as in Totallttrey appercaine
tothe vnitie ofthe God-head:So intheir parts they
referre tothethreeperſons : That of the Creation
inthe Maſſe of the Matter to the father, in the diſpo.
ſition of the forme to the Sonne;andinthe continu-
ance and -conſeruation of the being to the. Holy
ſpirir:Sothatof the Redemptis, in theeletionand
counſell tothe Father,in the whole Atand conſii-
mation,tothe Sonne: andin theapplicationto the
Holy ſpirit : for by the Holy Ghoſt was Chriſt con»
cciuedin fleſh, and by the Holy GhoſtaretheEleRt
regenerate inſpirite, This worke likewiſe we confi.
der either effeQually in the Elke, or privately ia the

reprobate,- oraccording to apparance inthe viſible
Church.

-For manners,the Do@rine thereof is contained
inthelawe,which diſcloſeth finne. The lawe itſelfe
is deuided according tothe edition thereof,intothe
lawe of Nature,the lawe Morall,and the lawe Poft-
tine; andaccordingto the ſtile, into Negatiueand
Affirmative, Prohibitions and Commandements.
Sinne in the matter and ſubieR thereof is deuided
accordingtothe Commandemerits, inthe forme
thereof ir-referreth to the three perſons in _—

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Sinnes of Infirmitie againſt thefather, whoſe more
ſpeciall attribute is Power : Sinnes of Ignorance
againſt the Sonne, wholeattribute is wiſedome:
and finnes of Malice againſt the Holy Ghoſt, whoſe
attribute is Grace or Loue- In' the motions of
it, itcither moouecth tor the right hand or-to the
left, cither to blinde deuotion, or to prophane
&libertine cran{greſſiozeither in in1poſing reſtraint,
where GO D -granteth libertie, orintaking liber-
tie where G O'D impoſcth reſtrainte. In the de.
grees and progreſlc of it, it deuideth it ſelfe into
thought, word, or Act, AndinthispartIcom-
mend much the diducing of the Laweof GO D
to caſes of conſcience. for that I take indeede to
bee a breaking, and not-exhibiting whole of the
bread of life . But that which quickneth both
theſe Doctrines of faith and Manners is the eleuati-
tion and conſentof the heart, whereunto/apper+
taine bookes of exhortation,holy meditation;chri-
ſtian rcſolution,and the like, x
Forthe Lyturgie or ſeruice, itconſifteth of rhe
reciprocall Ads betweene G O Dand Man, which
on the -part of GOD are the Preaching of the
word and the Sacraments, which are ſcales tothe
couenant,orasthe viſible worde: andon thepart
of Mans Inuocation of thename of G O D,and vn-
derthe law:Sacrifices,which were as viſible praiers
or confeſſions, but now the adoration being in /p-
ritu & veritate there remaineth only vital; labiorum,
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and retribution, may beaccountedalſoas ſealed pe-
Tmmons. | |
And for'the Gouernment of the Church, it
confiſterhof the patrimonie of the church,the fran-
chiſes ofthe Church,and the offices, and ijuriſdiai-
ons of the Church , -and the Lawes ofthe Church
direQingthe whole : All which haue two conſfi-
derations; the onein them ſclues : the other how
they ſtand compatible and agreeable co the Ciuill
Eſtate. | fs
_ This matter of Diuinitie is handled cirher in
forme'of inſtruction of truth : orin forme of con-
futation of falſhoud. The declinations from Re-
tligion befides the primitiue which is Atheiſmeand
the Branches thereof, are three, Hereſies, Idolatree,
and Witch-craft, iHereſies, when weſeruethe truc
GO'Dwithafalfe worſhip. 1dolatrie, when wee
(3 worſhip falſe-Gods, ſuppoſing them to be true:
E- - and Witch-craft , when wee adore falſe Gods
73 knowingthem to be wicked and falſe. Forſoyour
Maieſtie doth excellently well obſcrue, that Witch.
.er4ft is the heighrof 1delatry. And yet we ſeethogh
theſe be true degrees, Samwel teacheth us that they
arcallof a nature, when there is once a receding
| from the word of 'G OD, foro he faith, 9#4/7
Percatuw ariolandieft repugnare , & quaſi ſcelus Idolo-
latrie nolle acquitſcere. - © .
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the Intellcuall world, asrruly and faithfully as

I coulde diſcouer, with a note and deſcription of

thoſe parts which ſeeme to mee, not conſtantly

occupate, or not well conuerted by thelabour of

Man. In which , it I haue inany point receded
from that which is commonly receined, it hath
beene with a purpoſe of proceeding in mens, and
not ina/ud : a mindeof amendment and profici-
ence; and not of change and difterence, For [
could not bee true and conſtant tothe argumentTI
handle,it[ were not willing togoe beyond others,
but yet not more willing, then to haueothersgoe
beyond mee againe: which may the better appeare
by this that I have propounded my opinions na-
ked and vnarmed,not {ecking to preoccupate theli-
bertiect mens iudgementsby confutations. Forin
any thing which is well ſetdowne , Iamin good
hope,that if the firſt reading mooue an obicQion,
the ſecond reading will make an anſwere, Andin
thoſe things wherein I haueetrred, I am ſure I haue
not prejudiced the right by litigious arguments,
which certainly have this contraric effe& and ope-
ration, thatthey addeauthoritie toerror, and de-
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